A highly infectious strain of avian influenza first hit a commercial farm in the east of Joburg in April 2021.The outbreaks are primarily affecting three provinces: the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and GautengThe South African poultry industry is still grappling with high-risk avian influenza, forcing producers to destroy millions of birds.
The poultry industry has not been able to quantify the financial losses it has incurred as a result of avian flu, Izaak Breitenbach, head of the SA Poultry Association’s broiler board said. "We've said to the industry that it's winter; we would have expected the wild birds to be negative by now because we've gone through summer, but they're still positive. So, it tells us that there is a risk for the disease to access poultry again this winter," he said.
The first outbreak of avian flu, driven by the H5N1 strain, was first detected on a commercial farm in the East of Johannesburg, initially leading to import bans of varying degrees by several countries, including Botswana, Namibia, Hong Kong, eSwatini, Lesotho, and Mozambique.
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