Namibia has suspended the import of live poultry, birds and poultry products from South Africa due to the spread of avian influenza in the country.Since it is effective immediately, it is triggered by increasing “horrible” American case “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza”, said the Namibian Ministry of Agriculture.arrive “Import and transit shipments of live pome nuts, poultry meat, eggs and grouper fish from South Africa will be suspended until further notice”he said to pay attention.
South Africa, one of the continent’s two largest poultry producers, reported its first case of bird flu during commercial exploration in April, according to an industry group.
South Africa is second only to Al Jazeera “Preferred Supplier” A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture said the country also imports birds from Franco, Namibia, but the country also imports birds from Europe and South America, Jonah Musheko.
South Africa 🇿🇦 Energy crisis and bird flu trigger looming shortages in South Africa. https://t.co/hQ1YGIICCc
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Earlier this month, the South African Poultry Association said the country was facing two different strains of the virus, possibly H5N1, and a new strain identified as H7N6.
Producer Quantum Foods announced last week that it had lost nearly 2,000 francs this year due to production reasons, with a total value of more than 100 million rand ($5.2 million).
Bird flu does not usually infect humans. Increasingly, H5N1 is infecting more mammals around the world, raising concerns that it may spread more easily to humans.
Brazilian bird flu
This week, the online consultation data panel (picture) provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry revealed that since the first diagnosis was registered on May 15, a total of 109 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, H5N1 virus) have occurred. Currently, there are only 109 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, of which 106 are wild birds and the remaining 03 are subsistence birds.
According to information reported by the ministry, six cases are currently under investigation and no conclusive laboratory results have been produced. Local meeting:
EspÃrito Santo: 30 (29 wild birds, 01 survival birds)
Rio de Janeiro: 18 (wild birds)
Rio Grande do Sul: 01 (wild birds)
St. Paul: 32 (Wild Bird)*
Bay: 04 (Wild Bird)
Paraná: 12 (wild birds)
Santa Catarina: 11 (10 wild and 01 surviving birds)
Mato Grosso do Sul: Survival Bird Ranking 01