Namibia Halts Livestock Movement After Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak

Namibia halts livestock movement after foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Namibia has suspended the movement and trade of livestock after foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was confirmed in an area previously recognised as disease-free, Cape {town} Etc reports. Reportedly, the outbreak was detected on a commercial farm in the Karasburg State Veterinary District in the southern Karas Region, close to the South African border. The confirmation has triggered an immediate nationwide response, with authorities stopping the movem…

Namibia suspends livestock slaughter, trade after FMD cases detected in disease-free zone

WINDHOEK, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Namibia on Wednesday night announced further measures to contain a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, halting the nationwide movement, trade and slaughter of all cloven-hoofed animals, while also suspending imports, exports and in-transit movements of the animals and their raw products.

Namibia suspends livestock movement after foot-and-mouth outbreak in disease-free zone

WINDHOEK, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Namibia has detected an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in its internationally recognised disease-free zone, ​prompting authorities to suspend the ‌movement, import and export of cloven-hoofed animals and their products...

FMD outbreak triggers panic buying in Windhoek

Thousands of Windhoek residents rushed to butcheries across the city yesterday to buy meat after the government announced an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the ||Kharas region. The outbreak has prompted the authorities to suspend the ‌movement, slaughter and export of cloven-hoofed animals and their products. This has left residents of Windhoek, Stampriet, Walvis Bay […]

Namibia Halts Meat Exports After rare Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak

Namibia is now the eighth country in southern Africa to be hit by FMD this year following Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Namibia Halts Meat Exports

Namibia has suspended meat exports and banned livestock movement nationwide after recording its first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in its main commercial livestock zone in… The post Namibia Halts Meat Exports  appeared first on Latest Breaking News - News Central TV.