Quarantines in place after bird flu outbreak

Quarantines, movement controls, as well as screening measures have been actioned following four outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape last week.

According to a report on The Poultry Site, there were 868 cases out of a total susceptible population of 4557 birds across the four farms. The cases were of the H5N2 type