Namibia Detects a New Strain of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Namibia Detects a New Strain of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Close-up aerial photo of Central Windhoek, Namibia, on May 25, 2005. Brian McMorrow/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA
Reuters
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WINDHOEK—Namibia has detected a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country that has infected thousands of cattle, the agriculture minister said in a statement on Thursday.

The viral disease, which causes lesions and lameness in cattle, sheep and other cloven-hoofed animals but does not affect people, was first detected in May in the Zambezi region bordering neighbour Zambia.