After the discovery of the presence of Covid-19 in a mink farm in Eure-et-Loir, it was ordered to slaughter nearly a thousand of these animals, indicates a press release from the Ministries of Agriculture, Health and Ecological Transition.
A thousand mink has been ordered to be slaughtered, following the detection of the presence of Covid-19 in a farm in Eure-et-Loir, according to the ministries of Agriculture, Health and Ecological Transition.
“The slaughter of all 1,000 animals still present on the farm and the elimination of products from these animals” was ordered, they indicate in their press release.
There are four mink farms in France where analyzes are being done following the development of events in Eure-et-Loir. According to France Info, the second farm tested is unharmed, while tests are still underway in the other two.
Mink slaughtered in Denmark
This is the first detection of Covid-19 in a mink farm in France. However, this is not the first in the world. On November 4, Denmark ordered the elimination of all its mink, between 15 and 17 million heads, following the discovery of a mutation in the new coronavirus transmissible to humans, which, according to Copenhagen, could compromise the efficacy of a future vaccine. All sick mink or mink on farms within 7.8 kilometers of other infected farms have been culled.
