Tag: FMD
FMD: Update on the outbreak in Limpopo
Four further cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) were reported since mid-December 2019, with three cases reported in December and one case reported...
#AgriMarkets: Factors underpinning SA production
The underperformance of South Africa’s agricultural sector in 2019 was largely caused by two factors: drought and biosecurity (specifically foot-and-mouth disease and...
Veilingsverbod knou die rooivleisbedryf
"Dit is krities noodsaaklik dat die situasie in die rooivleisbedryf so gou as moontlik na normaal terugkeer sodat veilings en lewendehaweskoue in...
FMD: Nationwide live auction ban to curb further spread
On 4 December 2019 the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries published an update on the new prescribed regulatory control measures relating...
Biosecurity in SA: Taking up the mantle of accountability
Over the past three years, numerous foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks rocked FMD-controlled areas, which is quite normal according to Dr Pieter Vervoort,...
ARC’s contribution to the control of the 2019 FMD outbreak
The ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Campus (ARC-OVR) has a long tradition of veterinary research since its founding in 1908. It is nationally and internationally recognised...
DAFF confirms new FMD outbreak in Limpopo
On 1 November 2019, veterinary services were alerted to clinical signs suspicious for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in a herd of cattle on...
FMD officially confirmed in Namibia’s Zambezi Region
The movement of all cloven-hoofed animals and their products within, into and out of the Zambezi Region has been banned after an...
FMD: China lifts ban of imported cloven hoofed animals
On the 23rd of July 2019, the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) announced that, subsequent to...
The Animal Diseases Act: Foot-and-mouth disease
This article is part of a series of articles educating livestock owners and farmers about the importance and effect of the Animal...