Researchers have developed a new toolkit for detecting trypanosome parasites in livestock, aiding efforts to monitor and ...

Three of South Africa’s largest commercial cattle feedlots, operated by Karan Beef, have tested positive for foot-and-mouth ...

Tanzania has reaffirmed its position as a continental leader in animal health through the production of internationally ...

Southern Africa’s rangelands, covering nearly 80% of South Africa, provide essential services including livestock forage, carbon storage, water purification, and biodiversity conservation.

Even if foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) disappeared today, South African farmers would still struggle to export red meat because ...

Genetic research from Texas Biomed shows human and cattle schistosome parasites are not currently interbreeding, easing ...

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious, viral infection of cloven-hoofed animals that may also affect other species. Flare-ups have been reported over the past several months in five of South ...

North Africa’s historic drought has upended many families’ plans for Eid al-Adha. It's forcing governments to scramble for new ways to address a sharp shortfall in sacrificial sheep.

Commercial livestock production was the main concern when academics, researchers and practitioners met for the first congress of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa in 1966. Less than 15% of ...