Rorisang Kgosana eSwatini now considering a total or partial ban on poultry imports from South Africa. South Africa has recorded a second outbreak of the avian influenza virus on a broiler breeder farm in the North West. eSwatini could follow Lesotho and other neighbours lead to ban poultry imports from South Africa amid a second outbreak of the avian influenza virus, this time in the North West province. About 14,000 broiler breeder birds were culled following a second outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5 virus was detected at a broiler breeder farm in the province. The mortalities are with the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute for analysis and sequencing, the South African Poultry Association (Sapa) said. This was the latest detected outbreak following an earlier case on a farm in the East Rand, whi
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Second avian flu outbreak reported in the North West and Lesotho bans eggs from SA Apr 22, 2021, 08:26 AM
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South Africa is currently battling a second outbreak of bird flu, which has been reported in the North West.
Lesotho is also banning eggs from Gauteng, following trade suspensions with a number of other neighbouring countries.
The industry has destroyed more than 247,000 birds since the outbreak was first reported.
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A second outbreak of avian influenza has been detected in the North West province, a week after it was found at a commercial layer farm in the east of Johannesburg.
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Outbreak of avian flu on Joburg farm identified as HPAI H5N1 â SAPA
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DURBAN - The initial outbreak of avian influenza H5 on a layer farm on the East Rand of Johannesburg has now been identified as HPAI H5N1.
The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) said that while this was not the same strain that hit the industry in June 2017, they took any outbreak of HPAI to extremely serious and virulent.
For this reason, the poultry industry remained in a state of high alert. Quarantine protocols also remained in place on the farm concerned, as farmworkers were issued personal protective equipment daily, and the farm was being sterilised before accepting new layers.
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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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