Namibia suspends livestock movement after foot-and-mouth outbreak in disease-free zone

Namibia suspends livestock movement after foot-and-mouth outbreak in disease-free zone

WINDHOEK, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Namibia has detected an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in its internationally recognised disease-free zone, ​prompting authorities to suspend the ‌movement, import and export of cloven-hoofed animals and their products...

‘Don’t bring your meat to the north’ – Amupanda …as NAU calls for state of emergency over FMD outbreak – Windhoek Observer

Renthia Kaimbi and Chamwe Kaira Affirmative Repositioning leader Job Amupanda has warned against the movement of meat from the FMD-affected south to northern Namibia, as the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) prepares to call for a state of emergency following the confirmation of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in the country’s FMD-free zone. The warning comes after the government suspended the movement of all cloven-hoofed animals and their products…

Namibia bans exports and animal movement after confirmed FMD case

Following a confirmed case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Karasburg State Veterinary District of Namibia, situated in the country’s FMD-free zone, the Namibia Agricultural Union has urged the Namibian government to declare a state of emergency.