Mozambique: Bird flu forces the slaughter of 45 thousand chickens and causes monthly losses of 13 million meticais

Bird flu was diagnosed at a production unit in the province of Inhambane, in the south of the country, leading to the slaughter of 45 thousand laying hens that produced around 44 thousand eggs for consumption daily. The information was released this Thursday, October 19, by the Mozambican authorities. At issue is the relationship with the dozens of outbreaks of two different strains of bird flu that are spreading in neighboring South Africa, in accordance with the concern expressed by the authorities in Mozambique, who ordered the culling. It is an egg production unit located in the district of Morrumbene, in the south of Mozambique, owned by a South African businessman, who supplied eggs to that province, the most touristic in the country, and other neighboring regions. The unit will only resume operations after this process is completed, in February of next year. The intervention at this egg production unit, according to the investor, will cause a monthly loss of 13 million ...