JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT 26 FEBRUARY 2021 AFRICAN SWINE FEVER OUTBREAK REPORTED IN THE WESTERN CAPE FOR THE FIRST TIME The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, jointly report an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Western Cape. Two […]
The NAHF supports the GDARD and their Directorate Veterinary Services in sending out the awareness to the stakeholders. Please circulate this to your members and the public. Check here the posters for ASF awareness- Know who and what is on your farm: Protect your farm through biosecurity: What is biosecurity? […]
See here the SAPPO NEWS-Weekly Update: SAPPO WEEKLY UPDATE-WEEK 7 See here SAPPO’s ASF update: SAPPO ASF UPDATE-22 January 2021
Please find here the latest update on the African Swine Fever: ASF update 2021-01-29 ASF update 2020-12-08 ASF contingency plan approved 2020-11-17 SF update 2020-11-17 ASF update 2020-10-23 ASF update 2020-06-30 ASF update 2020-05-19 2020-03-26 ASF outbreak and surveillance update report 2019-12-13 South Africa ASF update 2019-11-29 South Africa ASF update […]
ANIMAL HEALTH AND ECONOMICS Foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever, Antimicrobial resistance & highly pathogenic avian influenza ———————————————————– Programme for the day (subject to change) 09:30 – Webinar Platform Introduction (Corné Engelbrecht, Savetcon) 09:35 – Welcome & Introduction (Dr Noluvuyo Magadla, SASVEPM Vice President) 09:40 – The global burden of animal diseases programme (Prof. Jonathan Rushton, Professor (Chair) of […]
Media Statement 29 May 2020 AFRICAN SWINE FEVER UPDATE Following the first ever case of African swine fever (ASF) in the Eastern Cape, the veterinary services have been conducting extensive epidemiological investigations and visiting areas to establish the extend of the outbreak. As of 22 May 23 villages were […]
SAPPO has circulated valuable information on the recent outbreak of ASF in the Eastern Cape. Please find here the ASF updates: SAPPO-ASF-UPDATE 1 SAPPO-ASF-UPDATE 2
See here the helpful pamphlet and video information from the DALRRD Department of Communications and SAPPO: AFRICAN SWINE FEVER Z-FOLD PAMPHLET (1) AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (2) (1) Swine Biosecurity mearsures See here the link to the SAPPO website for the videos on ASF and Biosecurity advice: http://sappo.org/animal-health/
MEDIA STATEMENT 9 May 2020 MINISTER DIDIZA ANNOUNCES THE OUTBREAK OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Ms. Thoko Didiza, MP would like to announce the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at Amathole District Municipality in […]
https://www.gov.za/speeches/african-swine-fever-outbreaks-south-africa-5-sep-2019-0000 5 Sep 2019 African Swine Fever outbreaks in South Africa South Africa has reported seventeen (17) outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) outside of the ASF controlled area since the beginning of April 2019 in the North West, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Free State Provinces. The main indication of the […]
