disease

Giraffe deaths caused by lumpy skin disease

Giraffe mortalities may have been caused by lumpy skin disease (LSD), the Namibian Agricultural Union reported in their weekly newsletter dated 8 May 2026. Last year, from mid-April t...

Livestock

26 May 2026 · 6 min read

Foot and mouth disease control – Amendment of requirements

As you may be aware, the requirements for the control and management of FMD are in the process of being updated to accommodate the current status of the disease in the country as well as...

News & Events

26 Feb 2026 · 3 min read

Goss’s Bacterial Wilt & Leaf Blight: Maize diseases

Clavibacter nebraskensis (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis) International common names: Leaf Freckles & Wilt or Nebraska Leaf Freckles & Wilt Microscopic �...

Crops

10 Jul 2025 · 4 min read

FMD: Namibian farmers warned to be extra vigilant

In the wake of the continuing outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in neighbouring South Africa, the Namibian Livestock and Livestock Products Board (LLPB) is currently running a rob...

News & Events

24 Jun 2025 · 3 min read

Namibia News: Horse sickness outbreak

African Horse Sickness (AHS) has been reported in six districts in Namibia and owners of horses and donkeys have been warned to take precautionary measures. Although the viral disease...

News & Events

5 May 2025 · 4 min read

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) movement protocol revised

The national and provincial State Veterinary Services held a meeting with private veterinarians and members of industry on Wednesday 26 March, to update and discuss the DMA (disease mana...

News & Events

1 Apr 2025 · 3 min read

Vaccines are one of the most effective ways to combat diseases in animals

From the invention of a vaccine against smallpox by Edward Jenner in 1796, it took almost two centuries to eradicate the disease. Louis Pasteur once said, “It is within the power of ma...

Livestock

4 Dec 2024 · 4 min read

Update on outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Eastern Cape province

The ongoing Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in the Eastern Cape Province remain a significant concern for the Minister of Agriculture. In the Humansdorp area, 33 farms have now be...

Livestock

3 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

Update on Foot and Mouth disease outbreak in Eastern Cape province

The Department of Agriculture is cautiously optimistic that the recent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in the Kouga and Kou-Kamma Municipalities of the Eastern Cape Province have ...

News & Events

27 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

Zimbabwe: Poultry farmers struggle to control disease & loss

In a home-made coop pieced together from corrugated iron, asbestos, wire mesh and bricks in one of Bulawayo’s low-density suburbs, known for once thriving white-owned farming plots, Gi...

Livestock

27 Jul 2023 · 4 min read