Foot and mouth disease found again in Zimbabwe
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Last Update: 2001-11-09
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: Stuart Hargreaves, director of Zimbabwe's veterinary service, announced Saturday that foot-and-mouth disease was found again last week at the manondo farm in North Matabeleland Province, which has killed several livestock Hargreaves said that at present, 12 of the 1000 livestock in manondo farm have been infected with foot-and-mouth disease The veterinary service has taken urgent measures to vaccinate all cattle on the farm He said the outbreak may have been caused by illegal migration of cattle from public commercial farms, similar to that found in the provinces of North Matabeleland and South Matabeleland in August The last outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease forced Zimbabwe to stop exporting beef to the European Union Zimbabwe exports 9100 tons of beef to the EU every year, with a total value of about 36.4 million US dollars.
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