South African Minister Expresses Concern Over Spreading Foot-and-Mouth Disease
South Africa's Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen voiced concern about the country's spreading foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
"At present, there are 274 unresolved outbreaks across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State, North West, and Mpumalanga provinces. Positive cases have been confirmed in all cattle farming systems, including commercial beef herds, animal breeding, feedlots, dairy cattle, and communal herds," Steenhuisen said at a media briefing in Cape Town, the country's legislative capital on Monday.
Steenhuisen urged farmers to comply with regulations aimed at curbing the disease.
"Reports of farmers moving cattle showing clinical signs of the disease, or treating them privately without reporting, are deeply...
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