Mozambique turns back SA eggs by the truckload, after bird flu outbreak Apr 20, 2021, 01:39 PM
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This follows the outbreak of a contagious strain of avian flu on a Johannesburg farm.
Mozambique accounts for 70% of South Africa’s egg exports.
Botswana may soon face a shortage of broilers.
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Mozambique has turned back eggs coming from South Africa by the truckload after an avian flu strain detected at a Johannesburg farm was found to be highly contagious.
Mozambique is one of three countries that have banned poultry and poultry products from South Africa since the outbreak was reported.
Bird flu outbreak puts poultry industry in jeopardy
20 Apr 2021
Avian flu has been confirmed on two farms in Gauteng and one in North West. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)
South Africa’s poultry industry is set to take a further knock as a pathogenic bird-flu strain was detected on two more farms this week. The outbreak of the H5 strain of the virus was first identified at a commercial layer chicken farm on the East Rand last week, and led to three neighbouring countries suspending imports.
On Wednesday last week, Botswana announced that it had banned imports of domesticated and wild birds from South Africa with immediate effect. Namibia announced its ban last Thursday, followed by Mozambique the next day.
Banning of South African poultry imports by Botswana and Mozambique due to concerns around an isolated outbreak of Asian highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the country is bad news for South Africa and premature, says the South African Poultry Association. Photo Ayanda Ndamane African news agency/ANA
Banning of SA poultry premature, says Sapa
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DURBAN - BANNING of South African poultry imports by Botswana and Mozambique due to concerns around an isolated outbreak of Asian highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the country is bad news for South Africa and premature, says the South African Poultry Association.
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The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development says it has paid a visit to drought-stricken areas in the Northern Cape to confirm whether farmers had received drought relief vouchers last year to purchase fodder for their livestock.
This was made known following a question posed by a DA member of the National Assembly, Noko Phineas Masipa, about whether the department had visited the province in January this year as promised. The department added that the visit was undertaken in the Namakwa and ZF Mgcau districts during the week of 23 March and it found that farmers who had applied for drought relief received vouchers to purchase fodder. This as the department had made R35 million available for drought relief in the province. The department further stated that a total of 3 900 farmers across all categories have benefitted in all affected districts.