Tag: biosecurity

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Numerous young calves have been dying in North West since early in December without having showed any significant disease symptoms...

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes With four confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), South Africa’s northernmost province is no longer FMD free after maintaining a...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Ticks can cause major economic losses, both directly and indirectly. Chemical treatments remain the most widely used method of tick...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes South Africa’s livestock industry is putting its technology where its mouth is by integrating livestock management with Red Meat Industry...

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes On 1 November 2025, a farmer in the Free State reported suspected foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) lesions in cattle recently transported...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Pork 360 is South Africa’s self-regulatory assurance system: a commitment by the pork industry to hold itself accountable for producing...

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Stray animals have become a major problem in most provinces, threatening small and large stock producers' biosecurity status. Brent McNamara,...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes “It’s like speed dating on steroids.” This tongue-in-cheek remark by Debbie Bester, CEO of Senwes, was perhaps the most accurate...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Vaccine shortages are the biggest reason why South Africa has not been able to extinguish the flareups of foot-and-mouth disease...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Biosecurity encompasses a set of preventive measures designed to minimise the risk of infectious disease transmission. Each farm should establish a...