Vaccination Push in South Africa as FMD Outbreak Reported

South Africa is the latest country to report an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), after cattle with clinical signs of the disease were found in the Limpopo region.

Fourteen cases were identified in a herd of 1200 susceptible cattle, in a diptank area in the FMD protection zone.

The protection zone was set up to prevent incursions of FMD from other African countries into the rest of South Africa. The report from South Africa's agriculture department to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said that because the outbreak occurred in the protection zone, it has no effect on the country's FMD-free status.

A total of 6070 cattle will be vaccinated; vaccinations began on 14 December, 3998 cattle have been vaccinated so far.


Source: The Cattle Site
Mon 21 Dec 2015 at 11:13