AGRICULTURE NEWS - Quarantine restrictions have been lifted on nine of the 19 properties affected by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Limpopo since November 2019.
This was according to a statement issued today by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (agriculture department).
Department spokesperson, Reggie Ngcobo, said that another benefit of ongoing efforts to manage Limpopo’s latest FMD outbreak was that Botswana had recently lifted its precautionary ban on imports of live cattle from South Africa.
He explained that Botswana had done this on condition that these cattle were first quarantined for at least 30 days, tested for FMD during this time, and then exported under supervision of the two countries’ veterinary authorities.
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