Buffalo tests free of FMD, no beef yet

PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

THAMAGA: The eagerly awaited results of the tests carried on the buffalo carcass that was killed last week at Moreane crush near Kanye has tested free of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). This was revealed Tuesday by the assistant minister of agriculture, Kgotla Autwetse during a kgotla meeting in Thamaga.

The buffalo was killed and burnt last week Monday by the police and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks after reports that it attacked two people and left them injured in Moreane crush, also forcing the Department of Veterinary Services to suspend the movement of cloven-hoofed animals, their products and slaughtering.   

Autlwetse told anxious villagers that while it is a relief that the buffalo did test negative, it is still too early to relax the suspension of the movement of cloven-hoofed animals and their products and their slaughter.

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