Versailleux
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Versailleux is a commune
in the Ain
department in eastern France
.
On 23 February 2006 during the epidemic of avian influenza, a great number of turkeys
died in a breeding of 11,000 animals, probably because of the virus H5N1
. The turkeys had never left it because the breeding was confined. The commune of Joyeux
, in which the first French case was detected on 13 February, is located a few kilometres south.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Ain
Ain
Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...
department in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
On 23 February 2006 during the epidemic of avian influenza, a great number of turkeys
Domesticated turkey
The domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird. The modern domesticated form descends from the wild turkey , one of the two species of turkey ; in the past the ocellated turkey was also domesticated.The turkey is raised throughout temperate parts of the world and is a popular form of poultry,...
died in a breeding of 11,000 animals, probably because of the virus H5N1
H5N1
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, also known as "bird flu", A or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the influenza A virus which can cause illness in humans and many other animal species...
. The turkeys had never left it because the breeding was confined. The commune of Joyeux
Joyeux
Joyeux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Geography:Joyeux lies less than from the wildlife park at Villars-les-Dombes and from Lyon in the natural region of the Dombes, a wide extent of middle and upper Pleistocene moraine left near the margin of the Alpine ice sheets...
, in which the first French case was detected on 13 February, is located a few kilometres south.