Vaccine shortage is leading to disaster in the red meat industry
Organisation says the shortage threatens food security through the preventable deaths of livestock
07 May 2023 - 19:51
Farmers have taken to using illegally acquired vaccines to prevent sheep dying from bluetongue disease due to a severe shortage of vaccines produced by state-run Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP).
The Red Meat Producers Organisation (RPO) said the shortage of the vaccines is threatening food security through the death of livestock. ..
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