African Swine Fever detected in Southern Cape

Jan 31, 2022

Following the laboratory confirmation that African Swine Fever  (ASF) has been detected in Thembalethu, George in the Southern Cape, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s State Veterinary Services has served a quarantine notice on pig farmers in the...

Podcast: Measures essential to curb African Swine Fever

Aug 30, 2021

Since April 2019, South Africa had 102 African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks. Dr Dorothea Mostert, a production consultant from CS Vet veterinary production consultancy, says that ASF poses a significant risk to small-scale pig farmers in the country, but that...

Global action needed to fight the spread of African swine fever

Aug 20, 2020

African swine fever, an infectious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, has spread to nearly 51 countries across the globe and continues to wreak havoc with countries facing significant socio-economic losses in the current situation. The disease, which is caused...