avian flu

The recurrence of a deadly chicken virus — avian flu which in June forced the country’s largest poultry producer, Irvine’s to slaughter more than 140 000 birds — has sent panic among stockfeed companies.
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Small-scale poultry producers are now feeling the heat of chicken shortages following the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu — also known as avian influenza — a few weeks ago.
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One of the country’s leading poultry breeding companies, Irvine’s Zimbabwe (Irvine’s), says it has contained the highly-pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus that broke out at its farm almost a fortnight ago.
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A deadly virus has hit the country’s largest poultry producer, Irvine’s — forcing the company to slaughter more than 140 000 chickens as it fights to contain the avian flu which it says will cause market shortages.
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