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South Africa: Bird Flu Spreads to Two More Farms
News24Wire, 12 July 2017
Two more farms have been affected by bird flu (H5N8), bringing the total number of affected properties to four. Read more »
"We're dealing with an invisible enemy that is highly contagious. No country can ever be fully prepared for this situation," Professor Celia Abolnik, Research Chair of Poultry Health and Production at the University of Pretoria has said.
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The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has quarantined a broiler breeder site in Mpumalanga where the presence of the avian influenza H5N8 was confirmed. Read more »
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