Foot-and-mouth detected on Limpopo farm
A farm in the Molemole District of Limpopo has been quarantined after state veterinarian services detected foot-and-mouth disease in a herd of cattle.
The Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Transboundary Animal Disease Programme conducted a series of tests after being alerted of clinical signs suspicious of the disease.
The signs of FMD include sores in the mouth of animals causing reluctance to eat and lameness.
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However, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development spokesperson Reggie Ngcobo reiterates the disease cannot be transferred to humans.
“The farm is located in the previously foot-and-mouth disease zone of South Africa. There is only one farm at this stage from the samples we have collected.”
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