Bird Flu: Two more farms quarantined
Updated | By JacarandaFM News
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has confirmed the detection of two more cases of the HPAI H5N8 virus, known as bird flu.
The disease has been detected in commercial layer chickens on farms in Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
This brings the total number of farms to four; three in Mpumalanga and one in Gauteng.
DAFF's Bomikazi Molapo says the two farms were immediately placed under quarantine by the state veterinarian.
"The necessary measures have been taken to contain and eliminate the disease as efficiently as possible on both farms."
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Molapo says forward tracing was done and cull chicken depots were identified, which had received live cull chickens from one of the affected farms in the last 21 days.
"The records of these cull depots are being followed up to trace as many of these chickens as possible. The new Poultry Disease Management Agency (PDMA) system of registration of persons buying and selling live chickens made it possible to trace these culls," says Molapo.
He says the PDMA registration process of sellers and traders of live chickens has progressed well and a number of initial challenges were ironed out.
"All role players in the poultry industry involved in the buying and selling of live chickens are strongly encouraged to comply with the registration and other requirements that are designed to allow the trade of live chickens to continue without compromising animal health."
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