Afrivet
All about flies – an Afrivet 101
Shoe, fly! Don’t bother me! We know they exist, and we know when they are most active, but do we truly know just how detrimental they are to our health, to the health of our livestock and pets and therefore how to control them in the right manner? Flies[...]
Afrivet stepped in to support injured livestock and wildlife (and the community), affected in the raging fires in the Northern Cape Province in September 2021
Towards the end of September, wildfires ravaged approximately 145 000 ha of grazing in Kimberley and Hopetown in the Northern Cape Province. This was not an isolated event. The total figure of grazing destroyed by veld fires during August – September 2021 totaled over half a million hectares. The[...]
Afrivet tackles Neurocysticercosis (NCC) in the Upper Gxulu Village, Keiskammahoek
Members of the Afrivet One Health team spent a week in the beautiful Eastern Cape Province, rolling out a pilot vaccination campaign in the rural pig population of Upper Gxulu village. The vaccination project is a world-first in South Africa through Afrivet’s caring for the community that it serves[...]
A NEW OUTBREAK OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE DETECTED IN KWAZULU NATAL
Article supplied: Afrivet It is with some dismay but little surprise that we learn from a media release by the Minister of Agriculture (DALRRD) of another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), this time near Mtubatuba in KZN. This press release also announces the declaration of a temporary “standstill area”[...]
Implement biosecurity measures and stick to the rules to reduce the risk of avian influenza in your flock
As South Africa officially enters the colder months of the year and temperatures are dropping, naturally everyone is mindful and takes more vitamins in the hope of avoiding the dreaded winter flu. We now know that this is the same for animals and it is important to understand how[...]