SWEET ITCH
Sweet itch is caused by an allergic reaction to the saliva of the Cullicoides midge (the same midge involved in […]
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African Horse Sickness
MIDFEEDS’ AHS TALK WITH DR OCKERT BOTHA
A huge thank you has to go to Simon Burn and the Midfeeds’ team for organising last night’s excellent talk
Exporting a horse
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]any of our top riders source horses overseas and import them to South Africa to compete at the top level
New horse movement restriction effective this month
A ban on the direct movement of horses into the Western Cape’s African Horse Sickness (AHS) Controlled Area zones comes
African Horse Sickness vaccine update
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s horse owners, it is our responsibility to ensure that horses are vaccinated every year and that any movement of
AHS Update: Genome studies
Researchers in Pretoria have conducted a study of the complete genome sequences of plaque selected isolates of each of the 3 virus strains included in a South African commercial trivalent African horse sickness attenuated live virus vaccine.