The real cost of the outbreak of bird flu

04 Feb

Riana de Lange

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The outbreak of bird flu had a massive effect on the local poultry industry

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The local poultry industry has already suffered damages of R9.5 billion due to the highly contagious bird flu outbreak that has hit the country's chickens since April

Izaak Breitenbach, general manager of the South African Poultry Association's (Sapa) broiler department, says this damage is significant for an industry worth R60 billion.

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