The strain of avian influenza found at a Johannesburg farm is highly infectious, the animal health department has said.
“The HP, as we call it, is trade-sensitive, so most countries would suspend trade from us,” Maja said. Botswana was the first country to suspend the importation of poultry and poultry products coming from South Africa since the outbreak was reported., exports its poultry to the SADC region and other neighbouring countries, with broilers accounting for 93.6 % of the industry’s total poultry exports.egg board, said while there was a risk of spreading, the industry had learnt from the 2017 outbreak which caused a shortage of eggs in South Africa. Many birds were also culled.
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