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Mozambican authorities confirmed an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) on October 28 in the Moamba district of Maputo Province. This immediately prompted movement restrictions on cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs highlighting the virus’s devastating potential. This is far more than a local veterinary issue; FMD is a highly contagious Transboundary Animal Disease (TAD) that acts […]
India’s first Animal Stem Cell Biobank is a strategic bet on faster, cheaper, and more reliable pre-clinical research. For Africa where healthy herds anchor food security. An Africa-led, standards-based biobank network could unlock regional vaccine/diagnostic pipelines, reduce import dependency, and localize value creation. Biobanks do more than store cells: they standardize quality, de-risk early R&D, […]
Alors que la fièvre aphteuse continue de se propager dans plusieurs provinces sud-africaines, la situation devient critique dans celle du KwaZulu-Natal. À la veille d’une réunion d’urgence convoquée à Pretoria par le ministère national de l’Agriculture, l’Union agricole du KwaZulu-Natal (Kwanalu) tire la sonnette d’alarme : les petits éleveurs, très majoritaires dans la région, font […]
