Some farms will be exempted, however, including those which confine birds and those that perform full production cycles, from ducklings to transformation into end-products.
Southwestern France, home to most producers of foie gras made of duck and geese liver, had already been the center of a severe episode of bird flu last year, although outbreaks involved other strains.
Several European countries and Israel have found cases of the contagious H5N8 strain over the past two months and some have ordered poultry flocks be kept indoors to prevent the disease spreading.
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