South Africa to take emergency measures to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (9.21)
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Last Update: 2003-03-12
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Source: Internet
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OA show ('918 '); South Africa's minister of agriculture and land affairs didiza issued a notice in Pretoria, the administrative capital, on the 18th, asking all farmers in camperdang, KwaZulu Natal province to immediately report the situation of foot-and-mouth disease virus infection of their farm animals, so that the health inspection department can take measures to prevent the large-scale spread of the epidemic It is reported that the health and Quarantine Department of KwaZulu Natal province has recently quarantined the pig farms in camperdang area and found that many pigs are infected with foot-and-mouth disease virus After further investigation, the main cause of FMDV infection in pigs was a kind of pig feed, which was purchased by farmers from a cargo ship berthed in the nearby port of Durban The South African government immediately ordered the ship to be seized, and the owner of the ship was forbidden to continue selling pig feed containing FMDV Lgx (author:)
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