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Mozambique: 50,000 doses of foot-and-mouth vaccine needed to stop outbreak
12:11 CAT | 18 Jul 2025
Gaza province, in southern Mozambique, needs 50,000 doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine to save nearly 4,000 head of cattle, local authorities announced.
According to the head of the livestock department at the provincial directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries in Gaza, Sérgio Maneno, external dependence for the vaccine “constitutes a constraint on a rapid response to the spread of the disease”.
“The biggest problem is its rapid spread and because it has a huge economic impact, as it prevents the movement of animals from agricultural areas to the affected areas,” Maneno said.
Approximately 1,900 head of cattle and 1,800 head of goats are at risk of contracting foot-and-mouth disease in the village of Chibotane, in Massingir district, Gaza province, alone.
Sérgio Maneno urged residents to prevent the movement of cattle and livestock products in the districts of Massingir and Mabalane, both in Gaza province....
Mozambique: 50,000 doses of foot-and-mouth vaccine needed to stop outbreak
12:11 CAT | 18 Jul 2025
Gaza province, in southern Mozambique, needs 50,000 doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine to save nearly 4,000 head of cattle, local authorities announced.
According to the head of the livestock department at the provincial directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries in Gaza, Sérgio Maneno, external dependence for the vaccine “constitutes a constraint on a rapid response to the spread of the disease”.
“The biggest problem is its rapid spread and because it has a huge economic impact, as it prevents the movement of animals from agricultural areas to the affected areas,” Maneno said.
Approximately 1,900 head of cattle and 1,800 head of goats are at risk of contracting foot-and-mouth disease in the village of Chibotane, in Massingir district, Gaza province, alone.
Sérgio Maneno urged residents to prevent the movement of cattle and livestock products in the districts of Massingir and Mabalane, both in Gaza province....