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South Africa's agriculture department says it is working with industry on controlling the HPAI outbreak, which began with a June case in Mpumalanga. It has identified 92 positive locations and is studying vaccination of specific bird groups, which could reduce losses but might hurt trade.
Live-bird movements from affected farms are banned.
Vaccination or culling decisions would change South African poultry supply and import needs for feed grains and meal. Trade effects from a vaccination policy could be significant.
sanews.gov.zaOct 23, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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