Wits Sets The Record Straight
Dr Jacob Modumo refuses social media claims about AHS recall
21st July 2017
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Dr Jacob Modumo refuses social media claims about AHS recall
With State Vet authorities investigating reports of suspected African Horse Sickness cases in the Port Elizabeth area, movements in the AHS Controlled Zones have been closed
Annual African Horse Sickness movement restrictions come into effect today, with a mandatory stopover for all horses travelling into the Western Cape
State Vet Boland issues African Horse Sickness control policy change
As it has been 40 days since the last confirmed case of AHS, movement controls within the Surveillance Zone revert to the normal
The 2016 African Horse Sickness outbreak claims two more lives in the Western Cape
The body of a horse taken to a Camphill Village disposal site has been confirmed as not African Horse Sickness related
Western Cape authorities have launched an on-going testing campaign in a bid to contain the latest African Horse Sickness outbreak
A suspected case of African Horse Sickness has prompted movement restrictions to be imposed in the Western Cape
The high risk African Horse Sickness season is from 1 Februaryto 30 June. In order to manage the risk, all horses entering the province during these months will be held at an approved facility for a minimum of 14 days.
Horses situated in the AHS Controlled Zones will only be given permission to be vaccinated from 1 June – 31 October
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
