Bird flu: Thousands of chickens culled in KZN farm
KZN Agriculture has confirmed that an additional 90 000 chickens, infected with bird flu, have had to be culled on a farm in Dundee.
The department's Khaye Nkwanyane says they are closely monitoring other farms in parts of northern KZN with scientists still conducting tests on the ground.
"We have eliminated all the infected chickens and we are starting from scratch. It's still a positive report, other [KZN farms] remain unaffected," he says.
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Agriculture officials confirmed the outbreak in eNcome near Dundee, saying they had to cull 30 000 chickens at the weekend.
They say the nation-wide ban on the sale of live chickens remains in place.