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Foot and mouth disease | Restrictions lifted in Limpopo and Eastern Cape

Friday 04 July 2025 - 19:25pm
File: Illustration of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV, pink and purple) particles. This highly contagious virus infects cattle, pigs, and sheep and many cloven-hoofed wildlife species. It causes painful lesions to appear in the mouth and feet which may lead to loss of appetite and lameness.

File: Illustration of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV, pink and purple) particles. This highly contagious virus infects cattle, pigs, and sheep and many cloven-hoofed wildlife species. It causes painful lesions to appear in the mouth and feet which may lead to loss of appetite and lameness. 

EAST LONDON - Government has lifted the restrictions from Foot and Mouth Diseases management areas in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo.

READ: Outbreak of foot and mouth disease confirmed in four provinces

Last month the department of agriculture announced that R72-million had been set aside to buy close to a million foot-and-mouth disease.

The CEO of Red Meat Industry Services, Dewald Olivier discussed this with eNCA.

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