Agriculture department confirms eight new outbreaks of bird flu
South Africa has reported eight further cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, to the World Organisation for Animal Health.
These new outbreaks bring the total number of outbreaks to 24 since June.
All affected properties have been placed under quarantine and disease control measures have started.
The continued cooperation of the public and the poultry industry in the timeous reporting of sick and dying birds to government veterinary services, is vital for the effectiveness of disease control measures instituted, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) said in a statement.
During a meeting with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana earlier this month, industry raised concerns about compensation and guidelines relating to compensating affected farms.
The draft guidelines have been completed and are subject to Ministerial approval.
The approved guidelines will be released to the industry and public by September.
Industry also requested permission to import fertile eggs to close the supply gap because of culled birds.
One company has submitted an application for the importation of hatching eggs and the department is still performing the prescribed risk analyses to determine the appropriate level of risk.
DAFF noted that it needs to conduct a thorough risk assessment to avoid exposing the country to other disease risks.
The basic work has been conducted and there are two options that will be presented to the poultry industry.
The first one is for the risk mitigation to be conducted in South Africa through stringent quarantine measures on arrival of the hatching eggs from their country of origin.
The second option will be for stringent quarantine measures in the country of origin, with less stringent post arrival quarantine measures.
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