South Africa to Vaccinate All Cattle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease
A cattle feedlot near Johannesburg, South Africs.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/BloombergSouth Africa plans to vaccinate its entire herd of more than 7 million cattle in an effort to contain foot-and-mouth disease in the continent’s biggest beef producer.
The campaign aims to inoculate the nation’s entire cattle herd, starting in the provinces hardest hit by the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak — KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga and North West, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen said in an emailed statement from his department on Wednesday.