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Processed meat keeps ostrich industry afloat

───   NOMAQHAWE MTEBELE 14:21 Fri, 21 Jul 2017

 Processed meat keeps ostrich industry afloat | News Article
botswana.co.za

The ostrich industry has been relying on the export of processed meat, after outbreaks of bird flu in the country.


The exports of South African poultry has been suspended after infections of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was found on four poultry and egg laying farms in Mpumalanga and Gauteng. 

According to the South African Ostrich Business Chamber’s, Piet Kleyn, heat treated meat is free from the virus.


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