# Department working to control avian flu outbreak | SAnews

> 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.

- Date: 2017-10-23 · published 2017-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68356-department-working-to-control-avian-flu-outbreak-sanews
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- sanews.gov.za: https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/department-working-control-avian-flu-outbreak

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