The Department of Agriculture in South Africa has announced the country’s first mass vaccination of poultry to prevent local ...

South Africa's poultry industry is set to benefit from the government's first mass vaccination programme against avian ...

Farming associations in South Africa react to Brazil's declaration of avian flu containment, highlighting potential ...

The South African government urged farmers to intensify biosecurity measures after an avian influenza outbreak resulted in the deaths of more than 2.6 million birds.

South Africa is reeling from a major egg and poultry shortage caused by a severe outbreak of avian flu and the subsequent culling of millions of chickens. The outbreak has pushed farmers in one of the ...

H5N1 bird flu strain spreading to other mammals across U.S. 03:19 Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two ...

South Africa is dealing with a number of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 and H7 outbreaks, with more than 50 cases confirmed in various parts of the country, according to the ...

An outbreak of avian flu – a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild birds as well as poultry – has hit poultry farms in South Africa . Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

Avian influenza began killing tens of thousands of sea birds in Europe before moving to South Africa. In 2022, it entered the U.S. and Canada, threatening poultry and wild birds. It migrated to ...

In a statement on Wednesday, the Department of Agriculture announced that no new import permits will be issued for the affected products ...

The South African poultry industry has been grappling with a growing crisis since the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or bird flu, in 2017.

South Africa will allow poultry imports from Brazil outside of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The country had banned imports ...