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In March, Christian Drouin, a French farmer in the Vendée, discovered that his chickens were dying of avian influenza. He had to take drastic action to cull his flock and prevent the infection from spreading. Normally, veterinarians would arrive to gas the birds with carbon dioxide. But the veterinary teams were overwhelmed with calls to cull flocks infected with the virus, now apparently endemic in Europe. So Drouin was advised to switch off the ventilation fans in his poultry…