US EditionFoot-and-Mouth Disease: The Gaps in South Africa's Efforts to Keep It Under Control
FREE STATE, JUL 14 – The outbreak adds to 270 foot-and-mouth disease cases across five provinces, with vaccination and surveillance underway to contain spread within a 10km radius.
- A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has occurred on a commercial farm in Moqhaka municipality, Free State, confirmed by the agriculture department.
- Joylene Van Wyk, a spokesperson for the agriculture ministry, stated that the property was quarantined on July 8, with surveillance and vaccination measures implemented.
- As of July, 270 outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease were reported across five provinces, with 249 unresolved, according to Van Wyk.
- KwaZulu-Natal is the most affected province with 191 outbreaks, while the Eastern Cape has 40 outbreaks, according to Van Wyk.
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Foot and mouth disease outbreak confirmed in this province
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed a new outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the Free State. Investigators detected the latest case on a commercial farm in Moqhaka Local Municipality, within the Kroonstad State Veterinary area. Veterinary authorities placed the affected property under quarantine on 8 July 2025. By 10 July, lab results confirmed the outbreak. Traceback Begins, Nearby Farms Monitored The department responded immed…
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