AGRICULTURE NEWS - Bluetongue posed an extremely serious danger to sheep production in South Africa and the disease was expected to escalate markedly during the rest of summer and in early autumn of 2023.
This was according to Dr Danie Odendaal, director of the South African Veterinarian Network, who said the expected spike in bluetongue outbreaks could be ascribed to good summer rain, increased temperatures and an acute lack of vaccinations provided by Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP).
According to Odendaal, the manufacturing of vaccines by the private sector was therefore the only way to mitigate the long-term implications of the lack of inoculations.
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