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Vets plan to meet to assess foot-and-mouth

    JOHANNESBURG

    Veterinary chiefs from Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland plan to meet on Friday in the eastern South African town of Nelspruit to study the current state of foot-and-mouth disease in the region, PANA reported. Mozambique placed a ban on the importation of meat products from South Africa and Swaziland following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in both countries.

    The disease mainly affects pigs, cattle, sheep and goats. Francisco Pinto, of the Veterinary Department of Mozambique’s ministry of agriculture and rural development, reportedly told Radio Mozambique that the three countries would discuss measures each would take to curb the spread of the outbreak.

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