Eswatini suspends SA animal imports after foot-and-mouth outbreak
The kingdom is the second country in the region to suspend imports after Zimbabwe
12 November 2019 - 21:55
ESwatini has suspended animal imports from neighbouring SA for a second time in 2019 after another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the kingdom’s agricultural ministry said on Tuesday.
In January, eSwatini, formerly Swaziland, joined Botswana and Zimbabwe in suspending meat imports from SA over an outbreak of the highly contagious viral disease that affects cloven-footed animals — those with divided hooves such as cows, pigs and sheep...
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