SA shoppers have been limited with the number of eggs they can buy. Here is the latest on the avian flu in South Africa.
Shoppers have been limited with the number of eggs they can buy due to an ongoing outbreak of avian flu in the country.Seven things YOU need to know about the SUPER-INFECTIOUS bird flu in SA
According to Balarane, the virus then spread throughout the country, with only two provinces, the Eastern and Northern Cape, not affected.He said a different strain of the disease has since emerged in Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo, and north of Free State. “We estimated with other cases that are coming there will be 8.5 million layer hens affected by both the H5N1 and H7N6 strains of influenza.”Balarane furthermore said that the poultry industry would be quick to recover from the shortage, and eggs were being imported to remedy the situation.HERE ARE THE SEVEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW The local flareups experienced this year had been spread by wild birds.
According to Reuters, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health said that a total of 9 500 farm poultry died in the latest South African outbreak, with one farm seeing 2 000 birds wiped out and the other 7 500.
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