The outbreaks hit an industry struggling from an electricity crisis. One expert said three recent bird flu outbreaks have caused losses of at least $25 million to South Africa's poultry industry.

H5N1 bird flu strain spreading to other mammals across U.S. Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two ...

PARIS (Reuters) -South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on ...

South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threatened to create a shortage of eggs and poultry ...

Two strains of bird flu are striking South Africa simultaneously at a time of widespread electricity shortages and record joblessness. While big corporate breeders are culling some 7.5 million hens, ...

Since 2011, a team of scientists, language specialists and Zulu bird guides have been working with Birdlife South Africa to create a complete list of South African bird names in isiZulu.

In South Africa, there is a similar but less clear trend to more cases in the winter and fewer in summer. This may be related to reduced viral survival in hotter summer weather.

South Africa has culled nearly 2.5 million chickens in an effort to contain outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that have threatened to create a shortage of eggs for consumers and ...