JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Losses to South Africa's poultry industry from the avian flu outbreak are estimated to be in the billions of rand, Izaak Breitenbach, general manager of the South African Poultry Association, said on Monday.
"We've been getting negative test results, but we can't declare we are free of the outbreak yet; it may take up to six to 12 months to replace the flock we've lost," Breitenbach told Xinhua in an interview.
