US EditionFrance boosts cattle vaccination against lumpy skin disease as farmers protest against culls
France plans to vaccinate one million cattle to contain lumpy skin disease amid protests against culling entire herds, with 109 outbreaks and 3,000 animals culled so far.
- French farmers are protesting government policy to slaughter entire herds if one cow has lumpy skin disease.
- Over 3,000 cows have been culled in France due to lumpy skin disease outbreaks since June 2022, mostly in the east and southwest.
- Farmers used tractors and trees to block roads to prevent officials from culling over 200 cows at a farm in Ariege.
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Demonstrations against the culling of livestock have resulted in riots in France.
France boosts cattle vaccination against lumpy skin disease as farmers protest against culls
France will vaccinate 1 million head of cattle in coming weeks against lumpy skin disease, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard said on Saturday, as farmers blocked highways and dumped manure near public buildings to protest against culls of herds.
French farmersblock roads over cow disease cull
Thousands of farmers in southwestern France blocked roads and set fire to bales of hay Saturday to protest the culling of cows due to a skin disease, as the government said one million cattle would be vaccinated. French farmers have been angry over what they see as the government's heavy-handed response to an outbreak of nodular dermatitis, widely known as lumpy skin disease. On Friday, veterinarians slaughtered a herd of more than 200 cows in t…
Since Friday 12 December, farmers in the department have been blocking a portion of the motorway between Toulouse and Tarbes. The challenge to the cattle slaughter protocol set up to combat contagious nodular dermatosis is the submerged part of an iceberg of anger and anxiety in the face of the future.
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