{"id":5551,"date":"2026-11-10T08:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kzndarddev.kznsshf.gov.za\/?page_id=5551"},"modified":"2026-11-10T08:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:21:18","slug":"foot-and-mouth-disease-press-briefing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/?page_id=5551","title":{"rendered":"Foot-and-Mouth Disease Press Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development led by MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, confirms positive cases of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Newcastle under Amajuba District, after a press briefing held at Coastlands Hotel, Durban on Friday 07 March 2025.<\/p>

The existing Disease Management Area boundaries, currently encompassing uMkhanyakude, King Cetshwayo and Zululand districts, are likely to be reviewed in line with the new outbreak. FMD is classified as a controlled animal disease under the Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984).\u00a0<\/p>

Any suspicious clinical symptoms, including excessive salivation, blisters in the mouth, limping or hoof lesions, must be reported immediately to the local State Veterinary Services. Following the detection of a suspected case in Amajuba District on 10 February 2025, laboratory results confirmed the presence of FMD virus infection in the tissue and blood samples of cattle.\u00a0<\/p>

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Foot-and-Mouth Disease Press Briefing \u00a0\u00a0 The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development led by MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, confirms positive cases of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Newcastle under Amajuba District, after a press briefing held at Coastlands Hotel, Durban on Friday 07 March 2025. The existing Disease Management Area boundaries, currently encompassing uMkhanyakude, King Cetshwayo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5551"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5557,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551\/revisions\/5557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}