Meat board takes charge to control FMD outbreak in Namibia
Meat board takes charge to control FMD outbreak in Namibia
By Annelie Coleman
January 11, 2021 at 5:43 pm
Since the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Namibia in late 2020, FMD surveillance has been intensified, and some farmers have been asked to present their cattle for inspection.
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The recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Namibia at the end of 2020 was largely contained and did not pose a threat to areas south of the veterinary cordon fence in the north of the country, according to Thinus Pretorius, chairperson of Nambia’s Livestock Producers’ Organisation (LPO).