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Monday, May 23, 2011

South Africa : Avian Influenza Hits Business Continuity

Article from The Poultry Site :

" An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in South Africa, is causing severe business continuity issues for some regional poultry and ostrich farmers.

HPAI was first detected on 9 April 2011 in ostrich farms in South Africa's Klein Karoo Valley in the Western Cape Province.

In the following weeks the disease spread further in the area endangering the local ostrich population that is kept for meat production.

A European Commission emergency veterinary team arrived yesterday on-the spot to give technical assistance to the local authorities to control the disease."

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