State not coughing up as bird flu lingers
“Bird flu will be with us for quite a long time. We believe that as a small country at the bottom of Africa, the only possibility to protect our supply is with vaccination,” said Astral CEO Schutte
26 November 2023 - 07:08
Bird flu remains a major risk to the local poultry industry and “will see mutations of strains coming every year”, says Astral CEO Chris Schutte.
With Europe at the start of winter, there are signs of high infection rates there and those birds eventually travel to Africa. ..
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