Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak hits Eastern Cape farmers hard, killing cattle and forcing quarantines that halt meat sales.
KwaZulu-Natal vaccinates 54,000+ cattle in mass campaign against foot-and-mouth disease, aiming to protect 2.5 million livestock.
The Veterinary Services are on alert after a positive case of case of foot-and-mouth disease has been located in a cattle ...
As foot-and-mouth disease cases rise in South Africa, many are left wondering: Is it still safe to consume beef and red meat?
Veterinary authorities confirmed on Thursday that a case of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected at a cattle unit in ...
The Directorate of Veterinary Services is warning farmers it will cull cattle that are found to have been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease (FMD) illegally.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has vowed to pursue vigorous parliamentary action to secure compensation for livestock farmers following what it describes as a devastating spread of Foot-and-Mouth ...
The government has begun a vaccination programme but officials have been blamed for a slow response.
More than 200 cattle from Hereford were relocated to the Bray Community Farm as a way of containing the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease following the detection of the disease in neighbouring Bray in ...
The highly contagious foot and mouth disease spread rapidly, and millions of livestock was slaughtered.
The virus spreads through airborne particles and droplets, direct contact between infected and uninfected animals and indirectly via humans.