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AFRICA - Africa once again battled this month to contain an outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 in poultry, with the disease spreading to Cameroon, reports Tawanda Karombo.
AFRICA - Africa once again battled this month to contain an outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 in poultry, with the disease spreading to Cameroon, reports Tawanda Karombo.
Ripple effects are now feared for the country’s neighbours although southern and East African countries remain safe despite producers there suffering cost stresses.
Cameroon detected the disease this month, and activity in the poultry value chain and support sectors such as processing has taken a pounding. Experts said the economic impact of the fresh outbreak has ballooned to as much as $20 million, a major drag on a crucial industry that had started to grow.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that the outbreak of bird flu disease could spread southwards faster, prompting a call for roll out of emergency measures to contain its spread.
“We’re looking at a quickly spreading disease that has devastating effects on livelihoods in communities,” Abebe Haile Gabriel, the deputy regional head of FAO in Africa said.
Economists and trade experts have cautioned that if unchecked, the latest outbreak of the avian influenza will lead to trade restrictions on poultry between countries in the region. West African countries already suffer illegal imports that are brought into the region and have had to destroy tonnes of illegally imported and impounded frozen poultry products in the past.
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