# South Africa confirms two more cases of H5N8 bird flu | Agrifish  | POST Online Media

> South Africa's agriculture department confirmed two more highly pathogenic H5N8 outbreaks on commercial layer farms in Gauteng and Mpumalanga. Both farms were quarantined and movement of chickens and products stopped. Neighboring Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana had suspended South African poultry imports after earlier outbreaks.

- Date: 2017-07-13 · published 2017-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69830-south-africa-confirms-two-more-cases-of-h5n8-bird-flu-agrifish-post-online-media
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Regional import bans cut South African poultry trade and may slightly reduce feed demand from layer operations. Effects on global commodity prices remain small.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- poandpo.com: https://www.poandpo.com/agrifish/south-africa-confirms-two-more-cases-of-h5n8-bird-flu-1372017179/

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