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Three poultry flocks and three wild birds are the latest cases to be reported.
September 4, 2025
Three more poultry flocks in South Africa have been affected by an H5N1 variant of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
According to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) two of the three cases were in Swartland, while the other was in Nelson Madela Bay.
In Swartland, the larger flock involved 38,500 birds, but WOAH only identified the affected birds as “poultry.” The smaller flock involved 330 domestic geese.
The flock in Nelson Madela Bay involved 10,000 birds, only described by WOAH as poultry.
WOAH also reported three recent instances of H5N1 in wild birds, including 11 pelicans one Hartlaub’s gull and one black goshawk.
H7N6 situation resolved
On September 2, WOAH reported that the situation in South Africa concerning the H7N6 variant of HPAI had been resolved.
Since the country’s first case was reported in May 2023, more than 12 million birds in more than 110 flocks had been susceptible to HPAI of the H7N6 serotype.
With all control measures put in place on and around H7N6-affected farms, and no more positive detections of the virus in the month following that completion, the situation was deemed resolved.
Continued: https://www.wattagnet.com/regions/a...1-cases-continue-in-south-africa-but-not-h7n6
September 4, 2025
Three more poultry flocks in South Africa have been affected by an H5N1 variant of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
According to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) two of the three cases were in Swartland, while the other was in Nelson Madela Bay.
In Swartland, the larger flock involved 38,500 birds, but WOAH only identified the affected birds as “poultry.” The smaller flock involved 330 domestic geese.
The flock in Nelson Madela Bay involved 10,000 birds, only described by WOAH as poultry.
WOAH also reported three recent instances of H5N1 in wild birds, including 11 pelicans one Hartlaub’s gull and one black goshawk.
H7N6 situation resolved
On September 2, WOAH reported that the situation in South Africa concerning the H7N6 variant of HPAI had been resolved.
Since the country’s first case was reported in May 2023, more than 12 million birds in more than 110 flocks had been susceptible to HPAI of the H7N6 serotype.
With all control measures put in place on and around H7N6-affected farms, and no more positive detections of the virus in the month following that completion, the situation was deemed resolved.
Continued: https://www.wattagnet.com/regions/a...1-cases-continue-in-south-africa-but-not-h7n6