The Democratic Alliance, Western Cape Provincial Parliament, SA, notes with concern the confirmation of a suspected case of the H5N8 bird flu virus in the Free State’s Villiers district just last week which jeopardised some 24000 chickens
Elanco Animal Health has received a grant worth US$2.86mn from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to provide sustainable development solutions to food insecurity in east African countries and improve animal health and productivity in dairy herds and poultry flocks for smallholder farms in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
The World Poultry Foundation (WPF) has received a four year US$21.4mn dollar grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to enhance poultry production in Tanzania and Nigeria
The South African government through the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has committed to addressing the concerns of the domestic industry over poultry imports
According to global nutritional health company Diamond V, reducing the pathogens in the gastro-intestinal tracts of their chickens and turkeys can help reduce the risk of pathogens in food processing and food products
