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Since this Saturday, October 18, and for a period of 15 days, no bovine animals can leave France to be sold, a measure that will have economic consequences for the agricultural world if it lasts.
The decision had the effect of a cold shower for French farmers. The government had chosen to suspend all exports of cattle for two weeks. A radical choice, motivated by new cases of bovine dermatosis. - "Un coup de massue": exports of suspended cattle, French farmers in the fog (Economie).
France bans cattle exports, bullfighting as lumpy skin virus spreads
France imposed a ban on cattle exports and events such as bullfighting, the agriculture ministry said on Friday as it tries to contain the highly contagious lumpy skin disease sweeping through farms in the country for the first time.
Faced with the resurgence of cases of DNC, the Minister of Agriculture, Annie Genevard, decided this Friday, October 17 to close the export market for calves, cows and oxen.
UPDATE 2-France bans cattle exports, bullfighting as lumpy skin virus spreads
France imposed a ban on cattle exports and events such as bullfighting, the agriculture ministry said on Friday as it tries to contain the highly contagious lumpy skin disease sweeping through farms in the country for the first time. Lumpy skin disease is a virus spread by insects that affects cattle and buffalo, causing blisters and reducing milk production.
The spread of contagious nodular dermatosis threatens the French cattle farms. The government suspends exports of live animals for 15 days. This decision could further weaken the...
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