Zimbabwe on high alert for avian flu

Surveillance measures have been intensified along the borders of Zimbabwe in response to the emergence of a novel, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain, recently identified in South Africa....

Importation of poultry from South Africa remains suspended

The importation of poultry and poultry products from South Africa remains suspended as the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) is on high alert following confirmed reports of an outbreak of high p...

Zimbabwe heightens surveillance against Avian influenza

THE Department of Veterinary Services has advised poultry farmers to tighten bio-security and maintain proper disinfection to curb any potential spread of the avian influenza into the country. ...

Zimbabwe now free from Avian flu

Zimbabwe is now free from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) that hit the country between May and August last year. The disease killed one million chickens in South Africa and Zimbabwe....

Avian influenza is in Southern Africa, concerted regional approach required to manage it

The first ever confirmation of outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in southern Africa (so far reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, in that or...

Southern and Eastern Africa Regional Technical Meeting on Emerging High Impact Trans boundary Crop Pests and Animal Disease

The Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Zimbabwe – represented here by the Permanent Secretary Ringsong Chitsiko.Representatives from the Southern...

Emergency conference on fall armyworm

Cereal crop-eating caterpillars have infested maize fields in Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.  While pest identification is still being awaited in some countri...