South African Farmers Grapple with Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak
South African farmers are facing significant challenges and fears of devastation due to a widespread foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, with government officials criticized for a slow response despite a vaccination program.
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South African farmers fear devastation as foot-and-mouth takes hold
The government has begun a vaccination programme but officials have been blamed for a slow response.
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South Korea on Friday reported its second confirmed case of foot-and-mouth disease of the season at a local farm, some three weeks after the first case was confirmed in Incheon, just west of Seoul, authorities said. The latest case was reported at a beef cattle farm in the city of Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, according to the government's central headquarters for FMD response. FMD is an acute infectious viral disease that causes illness in cows, pigs, goats and other cloven-hoofed animals. It does
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