8000 ostriches slaughtered (H5N2)

[Ronan Kelly]

8000 ostriches slaughtered

July 12 2012 at 12:26pm
By SAPA
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About 8000 ostriches in the Western Cape are being slaughtered after a fresh outbreak of avian flu, The Cape Times reported on Thursday.

Infected ostriches were found on a farm near Albertinia and on two farms near Heidelberg two weeks ago.

All birds found on an infected farm had to be killed as part of the government's ?stamping out? policy.
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http://www.thepost.co.za/8000-ostriches-slaughtered-1.1339977

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: 8000 ostriches slaughtered (H5N2)

8 000 Cape ostriches for slaughter

July 12 2012 at 09:46am
By Melanie Gosling

About 8 000 ostriches in the southern Cape are being slaughtered in a bid to stamp out a fresh outbreak of avian flu that has dogged the local ostrich industry since April last year.

The movement of ostriches has now been banned from the Breede to the Great Brak River.

This is despite the beleaguered industry being confident it had ?sorted out? the H5N2 disease in the Western Cape and that it was a step closer to having its export status re-instated and the EU export ban lifted.
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http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/8-000-cape-ostriches-for-slaughter-1.1339792