Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has already indicated in a press conference that at least 4-million of these 14-million vaccines will be distributed through government channels. But farmers are also going to need access directly through veterinarians.
Andrew Morphew
As Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) continues to spread across SA, infecting thousands of cattle and causing millions of rand in losses, there is at least one point on which both the government and farmers agree: the disease must be brought under control.
The ultimate goal is for SA to regain FMD-free status from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), allowing beef exports to resume and signalling that the disease is no longer circulating among livestock- causing untold suffering.
To do this the private sector and the government need to be able to work together.
