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 Wednesday.

Astral Foods Ltd., one of South Africa’s biggest poultry producers by revenue, will start vaccinating chickens against bird flu after getting approval from the nation’s agriculture department.

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Consequently, South Africa’s national bird is again at risk, and this time, it is unclear if the population is able to be saved. Population Decline Since 2011 ...

In 2000, there were just 188 individual birds in KwaZulu-Natal. By 2005, the South Africa population had increased to 242 individual birds. By 2024, 304 individual birds were found.

March 7 (Reuters) - Rainbow Chicken (RBOJ.J) on Friday said half-year profit surged more than 14 times as the firm recovered from South Africa's worst outbreak of bird flu, though it flagged the ...

Unonhlozi means eyebrows, a nod to the bird’s wizard-worthy eyebrows, and it is one of many new isiZulu words that researchers have created for South Africa’s birds.

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 ...