Poultry association says bird flu outbreak is under control 11 May 2021 5:22 PM Share This: The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) says it has a plan in place to contain the bird flu outbreak reported in three provinces in SA. A poultry farm in the Western Cape is the latest facility to report cases of avian influenza last week after five other farms in Gauteng and the North West. Izaak Breytenbach, who heads Sapa's broiler division, says the association has the situation under control. Breytenbach says the industry body uses an early warning system to report an irregular mortality increases at poultry farms across the country.