FMD cattle for Maun BMC slaughter

The Ministry took the decision to move the cattle to Maun in the wake of the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Zone 6(b) in August last year. The cattle are taken to Maun for slaughter as the Francistown BMC abattoir is currently not in operation which means that MoA is incurring more costs to transport cattle to Maun, which is 491 kilometres away.

FMD was only detected in the villages north of Bisoli ranch namely Jackalas 1, Ramokgwebana, Tsamaya, Tshesebe, Butale, Senyawe, Siviya and Mabudzane.