JOHANNESBURG - The SA Poultry Association is crying fowl.
It's calling for urgent intervention by the government and Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen.
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It says its efforts to vaccinate against bird flu are being clipped by stringent bio-security protocols.
This has ruffled feathers, as outbreaks peck away at poultry populations across Europe and the US.
The industry is now scratching around for solutions after it was left shell-shocked by the worst outbreak in 2023.