Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Forestry: Foot & Mouth Desease Update in Caprivi

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.

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’s in original/vacume packed container

·         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

Windhoek

Please do not hesitate to contact us for more details: info@namibiareservations.com