Tag: Foot and Mouth Disease

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: South Africa's livestock industry is feeling a major pinch as feed prices continue to soar and outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease force countries to impose or extend bans ...

With at least five provinces hit by foot-and-mouth disease earlier this year, farmers faced production losses and the country's international trade status took a hammering. An expert alerts farmers to ...

Free State Agriculture's commercial manager says that MEC Thembeni Nxangisa's budget falls hopelessly short. He believes theft and biosecurity threats to especially communal herds are simply too great to fight ...

Thoko Didiza, the minister of agriculture, has appealed to members of the livestock industry to take extreme care when buying and moving cattle to prevent the further spread of foot ...

In a shocking new development, KwaZulu-Natal has ordered a five-year ban on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals in three districts. This, as the province battles foot and mouth disease outbreaks.

The department of agriculture has announced measures to combat the spread of foot-and-mouth disease from a new hotspot in KwaZulu-Natal. This includes vaccinating up to 40 000 animals in the ...

Despite the disease outbreaks of the past two years, Mzansi’s animal health sector remained proactive and effective. And it's all thanks to a network of strong relationships and systems, says ...

A team of four experts will put particular focus on foot-and-mouth disease which has posed great challenges particularly in Limpopo, African swine fever which has spread across eight of Mzansi's ...

A leading veterinarian has warned that the suspension of South Africa’s foot-and-mouth disease-free status will have severe economic consequences for livestock producers and associated industries. The warning by Dr Peter ...

South African livestock auctioneers and agents in the game farming industry are faced with new rules on how auction activities are to be conducted in the country. The new rules, ...