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Sheep Aids hits hundreds of farmers

February 25 2008 at 07:22AM


By Karen Breytenbach

The Department of Agriculture has appealed to Western Cape sheep farmers
to remain calm in the face of the spread to hundreds of farms of Ovine
Johne's Disease, better known as "sheep Aids" because of the emaciation it
causes.

The disease was first detected on 47 farms in Caledon, Ceres and Mossel
Bay a decade ago, but has slowly spread to hundreds of farms, especially
in the Caledon area and Southern Cape. Some cases were also reported in
Cradock in Eastern Cape.

But the Western Cape Agriculture Department has moved to reassure farmers
that their interests would be protected. "The situation is under control,
we have vets working on it full-time," said spokesperson Alie van
Jaarsveld.
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