Vaccines

By: Timothy Isabirye - Marketing Manager Husqvarna South Africa More than a year after Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) first triggered widespread concern across South Africa and neighbouring... 

The Pretoria High Court has granted a landmark interim order that Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines may be procured and administered privately, without State veterinary involvement. The court... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an initial $5-million contribution to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to bolster a continental response to the escalating... 

Integrated poultry producer Astral has reported a significant increase in its interim group operating profit to R1.2-billion underpinned by improved margins in the Poultry division, as well as... 

The African Union's public health agency and South African drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare are in talks on a long‑term framework aimed at boosting vaccine production on the continent, after the Covid‑19... 

Government’s Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) eradication approach is most likely to fail owing to the vaccination rollout being fundamentally inadequate and slow at farm-level, farmer-led initiative... 

Progress is beginning to emerge from the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) crisis for the South African beef industry, according to Louw van Reenen, Chairman of Beefmaster Group. “The industry is... 

South Africa's government said on Wednesday that it had received 2 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine from Turkey, as authorities intensify efforts to contain the country's worst...