South Africa culls 60 ostriches to contain bird flu
A Western Cape farm has been placed under quarantine and all 60 of its ostriches culled in a bid to contain a South African outbreak of avian influenza, the country's department of agriculture said today.
Tests confirmed the presence of the H5N2 strain of bird flu, regarded as less dangerous than the H5N1 variety that has ravaged chicken farms across Asia and crossed over to humans in 2004.
