The first case in three months of H7 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Western Cape has been diagnosed. Dr Ivan Meyer, the, urges poultry owners to heighten their security measures as much as possible and to be cautious when bringing in new chickens or allowing visitors into poultry farms.
The latest detection follows a calm period over the past three months as the Western Cape hasn’t experienced any further outbreaks in the commercial poultry industry. ‘All the outbreaks reported in the period between April and June have been resolved. Whilst under quarantine, the farms had been depopulated, cleaned and disinfected twice with the State Veterinarian’s inspection. The quarantine was lifted, and the outbreaks were reported as resolved and disclosed to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the World Organisation of Animal Health (WOHA) respectively.
Dr Noluvuyo Magadla, state veterinarian and director of Animal Health, appeals to poultry owners to adhere to the following recommendations to prevent the transmission of the disease between farms: Discourage interprovincial movement of birds and advise farmers to avoid the movements until the outbreaks are under control;Keep new birds completely separate for two weeks and only introduce them to the other birds if they remain healthy;Do not visit poultry owned by others;Clean and disinfect vehicles upon entering and exiting properties of mud;For a list of state veterinarians in the Western Cape, visit https://www.elsenburg.com/veterinary-services/animal-health-and-disease-control/.
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