Principal director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services Dr Josphat Nyika has confirmed that Lanark Farm in Beatrice has destroyed all the birds on site after the outbreak of avian influenza. This is the second time the farm has had such an attack.
Said Nyika
We would like to inform the nation, trade and development partners of the recurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu outbreak at Lanark Farm on Monday.
Lanark Farm is a registered poultry compartment situated 25 kilometres south of Harare. It is the only farm in the country that has been affected by the disease and every effort is being made to prevent infection from escaping the establishment.
The farm had been in quarantine under veterinary supervision since then and will now remain in quarantine for three months or until the disease is completely resolved.
All birds in the newly affected sites were destroyed and buried together with their litter on site.
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