Algeria has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm, that has resulted in the loss of around 51,200 birds in the country’s northeast. The North African country is just the latest in a slew of Asian, European and African nations dealing with bird flu.
The term “once in a generation” has been used frequently to describe the havoc being wreaked by COVID-19.
Poultry imports and exports have dominated the headlines in the recent past. While such discussions are welcome when the subject is unfair trade, consideration of the sustainability of the SA poultry industry should also include input costs.
Selling eggs from a small flock of chickens in their backyard, Arthur Perdue and his wife, Pearl, founded Perdue Foods in 1920.
The very sudden demand increases for ivermectin injectable products based on beliefs that Ivermectin may help prevent and treat Covid-19, directly impacting the animal health industry.
As we launch into 2021 amid uncertainty over the Covid-19 pandemic, the SA poultry sector remains a strategic national industry.
