News24 | Chicken and eggs: Avian flu devastating SA's poultry industry, and the worst is yet to come

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Riana De Lange And Liesl Peyper

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Due to the current outbreak of the highly contagious avian flu,many chickens have had to be culled

Due to the current outbreak of the highly contagious avian flu,many chickens have had to be culled

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It was about 5pm when he received a call he had dreaded his farm manager: about 15 laying hens in one of the battery houses had died. On hearing this, he knew they had been struck by avian flu.

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