We received news that foot and mouth has become a problem again for the December season in the Caprivi area. Please see the information received from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Forestry:
MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS/PRODUCTS AND INFECTIOUS THINGS THROUGH VETERINARY ROAD BLOCKS, CAPRIVI.
MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS/PRODUCTS AND INFECTIOUS THINGS THROUGH VETERINARY ROAD BLOCKS, CAPRIVI.
1. The following animals/infectious things may not under any circumstances be allowed to pass through the road blocks from any infected area:
· All cloven hoofed animals (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and game.)
· Raw red meat
· Raw milk
· Grass, hay, straw, reeds, Lucerne
· Manure
· Hides and skins and second hand jute bags
· Bone, bone meal , carcass meal and blood meal
· Large quantities of firewood i.e., vehicle load
· Sour milk
· Other products that might pose a risk – contact State Veterinarian.
2. The following may cross the road block from an infected area:
· Dogs and cats
· Horses, donkeys and mules
· Live or frozen poultry and birds, feathers, eggs and raw meat of poultry and birds
· Fish, reptiles, frogs, worms
· Vegetables, fruit, wild, free from manure or blood
· Leafy vegetables such as cabbages, spinach, lettuce, celery, etc., if free from manure or blood.
· Butter, margarine, cheese in original container/package
· Sealed containers of pasteurized milk
· Cooked meat/canned products/polony, Vienna
· Mealie – meal
· Quarry stones for construction
· Trophies (with taxidermy documents) wrapped in transparent material
3 The following may cross the road block after spraying
with 5% washing soda
· Wood carvings, curios, mats, future manufactured from reads/grass
· Small quantities of firewood less than 20kg
· Horns
Dr. F. Joubert
Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer
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