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The following practices and laboratories (109) submitted reports in October 2014: Mpumalanga (14) Balfour – dr. Louis van Jaarsveld Bethal – dr. Hardus Pieters Delmas – dr. Johan Jooste Ermelo – dr. Gert Oosthuizen Ermelo – drs. Potgieter and Bergman Grootvlei – dr. Neels van Wyk Lydenburg – drs. Trümpelmann and Steyn Machadodorp – dr. Quinton van Oudtshoorn Nelspruit – dr. André Beytell Middelburg – drs. Fourie and Rabie Piet Retief - drs. Niebuhr and Weber Standerton – dr. Kobie Kroon Standerton – drs. Nel, Swart, Van der Merwe and Berg Volksrust – dr. André Visser Gauteng (4) Bronkhorstspruit – drs. De Bruin, De Bruin, Rudolph and Slabber Nigel – dr. Cindy van der Westhuizen Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital – proff. Annandale, Prozesky, Shakespeare, drs. Blignaut, Carrington, Gratwick, Grobler, Harmse, Holm and O’Dell Pretoria – dr. Hanneke Pienaar Limpopo (8)
Monthly report on livestock disease trends as informally reported by veterinarians belonging to the Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa (RuVASA), a group of the South African Veterinary Association
October 2014
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Bela-Bela – drs. Du Toit, Hansen, Bester and Herbst Lephalale (Ellisras) – dr. Brigitte Luck Machado (Louis Trichardt) – drs. Harris, Klopper and Jacobs Modimolle (Nylstroom) – drs. Huber, Bredell and Barnard Mokopane (Potgietersrus) dr. Ferdie Bingle Mokopane (Potgietersrus) - dr. Henk Visser Polokwane (Pietersburg) – drs. Watson, Viljoen, Jansen Van Vuuren, Van Rooyen and Snyman Vaalwater - dr. Hampie van Staden North West (9) Brits – drs. Boshoff and Coertze Christiana - dr. Pieter Nel Leeudoringstad - dr. Ian Jonker Rustenburg – drs. Gaigher, Grobler, Sparks, Van Egdom, Van Rooyen, Goosen and Van Rensburg Schweizer-Reneke - dr. N.J. Heyns Stella - dr. Magdaleen Vosser Swartruggens – dr. Roselle Hartwigsen Ventersdorp – dr. Olof Marais Vryburg – dr. Jurie Kritzinger Free State (21) Bethlehem – drs. Basson, Strydom and Strydom Bloemfontein - dr. Stephan Wessels Bothaville – dr. Johan Blaauw Bultfontein – dr. Santjie Pieterse Clocolan – drs. Marwick and Wasserman Dewetsdorp – dr. Marike Badenhorst Ficksburg – dr. Woody Kotze Frankfort - drs. Lessing, Cilliers and Janse van Rensburg Harrismith - drs. Pretorius, Thirion and Nel Hoopstad - dr. Kobus Pretorius Kroonstad – drs. Daffue, Eksteen, Van Zyl and Van der Walt Ladybrand- drs. De Vos and Nel Memel – drs. Nixon and Nixon Parys – drs. Wessels and Van den Berg Reitz - dr. Murray Smith Viljoenskroon - dr. Johan Kahts Villiers - drs. I. Hattingh and W.D. Hauptfleish Vrede – drs. Myburgh and Bester-Cloete Wesselsbron –dr. Johan Jacobs Winburg – Albertyn and Albertyn
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Zastron – dr. Phillip Brandt KwaZulu-Natal (17) Bergville - dr. Ariena Shepherd Bergville – dr. Jubie Muller Camperdown – dr. Anthony van Tonder Dundee - dr. Tony Grace Dundee – drs. Marais and Fynn Estcourt – drs.Turner, Tedder, Taylor, Tratschler, Van Rooyen and Alwar Greytown – dr. Mike Caldicott Howick – drs. Hughes, Lund, Gordon, Allison and Taylor Ingogo – dr. Trish Oglesby Mooi River - drs. Fowler, Hartley and Mallet Mtubatuba – dr. Trever Viljoen Newcastle – dr. Barry Rafferty Pietermaritzburg – dr. Phillip Kretzmann Pietermaritzburg – dr. Rick Mapham Pongola – dr. Heinz Kohrs Underberg - drs. Collins, King and Delaney Vryheid – dr. Gert Theron Eastern Cape (10) Alexandria - drs. Olivier and Dreyer Aliwal North – drs. Troskie and Strauss Cradock – dr. Frans Erasmus Graaff-Reinet – dr. Mackie Hobson Graaff- Reinet - dr. Roland Larson Humansdorp - drs. Van Niekerk, Jansen Van Vuuren, Barker and Kotze Jeffreys Bay - drs. Lategan, Hoek and McFarlane Middelburg – drs. Van Rooyen and Viljoen Queenstown – drs. Du Preez, Godley, Klopper, Jansen van Vuuren, De Klerk and Catherine Uitenhage – drs. Mulder and Krüger Western Cape (17) Beaufort West - drs. Pienaar and Grobler Caledon – Retief and Rissik Ceres – dr. Johani Pieterse George - drs. Strydom, Truter, and Pettifer Heidelberg – dr. Albert van Zyl Malmesbury – drs. Bosman and Groenewald
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Malmesbury – dr. Otto Kriek Malmesbury – dr. John Liebenberg Malmesbury – dr. Markus Fourie Oudtshoorn – dr. Glen Carlisle Oudtshoorn – dr. Adriaan Olivier Plettenberg Bay – dr. André Reitz Riversdale – drs. Du Plessis, Taylor and De Bruyn Stellenbosch – dr. Alfred Kidd Swellendam – dr. Jacques Malan Vredenburg - dr. Izak Rust Wellington – dr. William van Zyl Northern Cape (5) Calvinia – drs. Dirk and Lizanne de Beer De Aar – dr. Donald Anderson Kathu – dr. Jan Vorster Kuruman – dr. Gerhard van der Westhuizen Upington – drs. Vorster and Visser Feedlots (2) Drs. Morris and Du Preez Dr. Andy Hentzen Laboratory reports (3) Dr. Marijke Henton - Idexx SA Johannesburg Dr. Annelize Jonker – Provicial Vet Lab, Stellenbosch Dr. Rick Last – Vetdiagnostix, Pietermaritzburg
Summary of disease report for October 2014
109 Reports from veterinary practices and laboratories were received (Mpumalanga 14; Gauteng 4; Limpopo 8; North West 9; Free State 21; KwaZulu-Natal 17; Eastern Cape 10; Western Cape 17; Northern Cape 5; Feedlot 2 and Laboratories 3).
Internal parasites
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Roundworms
There was an increase in the number of reports regarding internal parasite infestations. Plettenberg Bay reported a severe outbreak of a cattle bankrupt worm infestation in calves. Reports of mortalities due to wireworm infestation were received. Familiarise yourself with the five point check how to clinically diagnose problems with worms. http://landbou.com/kundiges/vra-vir-faffa/die-vyfpuntplan-en-famacha-stelsel-vir-inwendige-parasietbestuur-in-skape/
Test anthelmintics for parasite resistance using the faecal egg count resistance test (FECRT) as one veterinarian wrote in a report: stock farmers are losing the battle against resistant roundworms. Talk to your veterinarian about all aspects of parasite control in order not to lose the battle.
Flukes
Animals that grazed in vleis during the winter where water bodies are prevalent will be infected with liver fluke. Discuss control and management programmes with your veterinarian. Signs of a liver fluke infestation is a bottle jaw and anaemia.These signs are very similar to a wireworm infestation.
Immature conical flukes cause a severe diarrhoea. Be aware of this clinical sign as reports were received from large parts of the country.
Cysticercosis (measles)
Reports were received from Mpumalanga, North West and the Western Cape. Great losses occur when carcasses are condemned or degraded at abattoirs.
Source the origin of the infestation and install preventative measures. Train workers regarding the life cycle of Taenia saginata, the human tapeworm.
Turning disease, caused by a cyst (Coenurus cerebralis) on the brain, was diagnosed in goats in Upington. The tapeworm is present in dogs and other carnivores and when sheep, goats or even game take in the eggs of this tapeworm, a cyst may develop in the brain. Remember to treat sheep dogs regularly for tapeworms.
Coccidiosis
Numerous reports of infestation with this protozoal parasite were documented. Young animals are especially affected by coccidiosis. Wet and muddy conditions are an ideal place for young animals to become infected with this parasite. Discuss preventative measures with your veterinarian.
External parasites
Ticks
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There was a huge increase in Blue tick numbers. Make sure that the control measures used are effective. Blue ticks transmit African and Asiatic red water, anaplasmosis, lumpy skin disease and cause blood loss.
Reports of the presence of the following tick species were received:
Blue ticks: Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern and Western Cape
Heart water tick: Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo, North West, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern and Western Cape. From Volksrust it was reported that this tick was seen in the area for the first time.
Brown ear-ticks: Limpopo, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape
Bont-legged ticks: Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. The toxin of this tick causes sweating disease, which was reported.
Red-legged tick: Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. Spring lamb paralysis caused by the red-legged tick was reported from the Free State.
Discuss the life cycles of these ticks and how to control them with your veterinarian, keeping in mind the selection for tick resistance. Engorged blue ticks can be collected and tested for resistance. Contact your veterinarian for information regarding the test.
Lice
Lice (sucking and biting) numbers are decreasing after the winter. Farmers with wool sheep should check their sheep regularly for lice as they cause serious disturbance of the fleece.
Mites
Be on the lookout for disturbances in wool and hair loss. Sheep scab is a State controlled disease and outbreaks occurred in various provinces. Contact your State Veterinarian to hear whether there are positive farms in your area. Biosecurity measures to prevent sheep becoming infected should be in place at all times.
Flies, midges and mosquitoes
Numbers are on the increase after good rains in many parts of the country. Be on the lookout for diseases carried by these insects.
Tick borne diseases
African and Asiatic red water
The occurrence of these diseases is on the increase as blue tick numbers are on the increase. Reports were received from Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and the Western
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Cape. Discuss vaccination programmes with your veterinarian. Asiatic red water is a killer disease and proper steps should be taken to control this disease!
Anaplasmosis
Numerous reports of outbreaks were received from all provinces except the Northern Cape.. This disease is spread by blue ticks, biting flies and needles (vaccinations). Conditions causing stress and diseases interfering with the immune system (eg. BVD) trigger anaplasmosis outbreaks.
Heartwater
Cases (Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo, North West, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape) were reported. The occurrence of this disease is spreading as a result of game transporting the bont tick into non infected areas.
These diseases can be controlled through vaccination, fly and tick control. Discuss control measures with your veterinarian to prevent heavy losses.
Corridor disease
As buffalo farming is on the increase cattle farmers should be aware of this disease.
Insect transmitted diseases
Lumpy skin disease
Reports (Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern and Western Cape) are still received of numerous cases. This confirms that some species of ticks are also capable of transmitting the virus causing lumpy skin disease. Most cases occurred in animals that had never been vaccinated. If there is an outbreak on a farm the virus can also spread via the saliva therefore isolate diseased animals as soon as possible.
Three day stiff sickness
Only a few cases (Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Eastern and Western Cape) were reported.
Blue tongue
Reports of blue tongue were received from Gauteng, Free State, Eastern, Western and Northern Cape. It is reported that the occurrence of the disease is earlier than normal. There is a crisis with the availability of vaccine. Discuss additional control measures with your veterinarian.
Rift Valley Fever and Wesselsbron disease
No reports were received
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Venereal diseases
Trichomonosis
This venereal disease is causing havoc in our country. Only one provinces (Gauteng ) did not report on this disease. It was reported that many farms that were previously free of the disease, are now positive. Thirty four practices reported this disease. It is of utmost importance that biosecurity measures are in place. Together with your veterinarian plan how to prevent and control these diseases.
Vibriosis
Regular reports (10 practices) are received. Good vaccines exist to control this disease.
Pizzle disease
A report was received from the Western Cape. Be careful when inspecting rams not to transmit the disease.
Bacterial diseases
The following bacterial diseases were reported: blackquarter, intra uterine gangrene, pulpy kidney, lamb dysentery, swelled head, red gut, blood gut, tetanus, botulism, listeriosis, salmonellosis, bovine brucellosis (23 practices reported) , ovine brucellosis, tuberculosis, Johnes, leptospirosis, enzootic abortion, colibacillosis, Fusibacterium necrophorum, pasteurellosis and lumpy wool.
Many new brucellosis infections were reported mainly due to positive animals that were bought. Remember that heifers that have the disease might only start to test positive after they are 5 months pregnant!
For most of these diseases there are vaccines. Discuss the risk factors for the diseases in your area with your veterinarian and put together a control program.
Viral diseases
Bovine malignant catarrh (snotsiekte)
Snotsiekte was reported from North West, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. As game farming with wildebeest, the carriers of the snotsiekte virus, is on the increase, this disease is getting more and more important. More than 90 calves died of the disease in a feedlot. At present there is no vaccine available. Discuss preventative measures with your veterinarian. Remember there is also a sheep associated snotsiekte virus.
Other viral diseases that were reported are: rabies, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL), orf and warts.
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) was reported from all over the country with high mortality figures. Many of the viruses mentioned above are involved. Discuss with your veterinarian how to control this disease with a vaccination program.
Poisonings
The following toxicities were reported: cardiac glycoside, slangkop, tulip, ink berry (Cestrum), Cynanchum (klimop), facial eczema, rye grass, dikoor, geeldikkop, gifblaar, gousiekte, Lantana, krimpsiekte, Senecio, vermeersiekte, ganskweek, Galenia africana (geelbos), prussic acid, diplodiosis, mycotoxicosis, urea, copper, organophosphate, acidosis and snake bite.
Twenty two lambs died when they were treated with an anthelmintic 10 to 20 times the normal dose.
Draw up a protocol with your veterinarian on how to treat these poisonings should it occur on your farm.
Nutritional
In October many reports were received of downer animals unable to get up as a result of a lack of energy and protein. Due to this poor nutritional status in cows they have difficulty in calving, retained placentas, prolapses and metritis. These animals will also have difficulty in conceiving again.
Multifactorial diseases and other conditions
The following were reported: abscesses, bladder stones, blindness, opthalmia, bloat, blood gut, blue udder, mastitis, diarrhoea, joint ill, lameness, navel ill, trauma, downer cows and pneumonia.
Reproductive diseases and other conditions
The following were reported: abortions, dystocias, endometritis, metritis, poor conception, retained afterbirths and prolapses.
Metabolic diseases
The following were reported: acidosis, displaced abomasum, ketosis and milk fever.
Other conditions
Deaths occurred due to trauma, lightning and predators.
Comment: Biosecurity is the key word to always keep in mind when farming with livestock. Know the disease status of animals bought in before bringing them into the herd!
To get access to previous reports visit www.lhpg.co.za and click on disease reporting
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DISEASE DISTRIBUTION REPORT AS REPORTED BY VETERINARIANS rep_disease_sum vetprac
Month: Oct 2014
Table of Contents
Internal Parasites Roundworms in general, Resistant Round Worms, Wireworm, Brown
stomach-worm, Eye worm (Thelazia rhodesii), Tape Worms, Parafilaria, Liver fluke, Conical Flukes, Cysticercosis, Other
External Parasites
Blue ticks, Heartwater (Bont) ticks, Brown ear-ticks, Bont-legged ticks, Red-legged ticks , Paralysis ticks, Biting lice (red lice), Sucking lice (blue lice),
Scab mites, Mange Mites, Nuisance Flies, Blowflies, Screw-worm , Nasal bot larvae , Midges
Tick-borne Diseases African red water, Asiatic red water, Anaplasmosis, Heartwater, Sweating
Sickness
Insect Transmittable Diseases Lumpy skin disease, Three-day-stiffsickness, Blue tongue
Venereal Diseases Trichomonosis, Vibriosis, Pizzle disease
Bacterial Disease (other)
Listeriosis, Other , Blackquarter, Pulpy Kidney, Swelled head disease, Redgut (cattle), Blood gut (Sheep), Tetanus, Botulism, Salmonellosis , Brucella
abortus, Brucella ovis, Bovine Tuberculosis, Johne`s disease, Leptospirosis, Septicaemia, Enzootic Abortion, E.coli, Dermatophilosis (Lumpy Wool),
Intrauterine Gangrene, Fusibacterium necrophorum
Protozoal diseases (other) Coccidiosis
Fungal diseases Ringworm
Viral Diseases (other) BMC, Rabies, BVD (Bovine viral diarrhoea), IBR (Infectious bovine
rhinotracheitis), Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL), Orf, Warts
Poisonings (Plant) and Fungal
Cardiac glycoside poisoning, Cestrum, Cynanchum poisoning, Facial eczema, Geeldikkop/Dikoor, Gifblaar, Gousiekte, Lantana, Nenta poisoning
(Krimpsiekte), Prussic acid poisoning, Rye grass poisoning, Seneciosis, Tulip Poisoning, Vermeersiekte (Gaigeria spp.), Micotoxicosis, Other
Poisonings Urea Poisoning, Snake Bite, Chemical products, Other
Macro Nutritional Problems Energy deficiency, Protein deficiency, Phosphate deficiency, Calcium
deficiency
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Micro Nutritional Problems Iodine deficiency, Copper deficiency, Zinc deficiency, Selenium deficiency, Magnesium deficiency, Manganese deficiency, Iodine deficiency, Vitamin A
deficiency, Vitamin B deficiency
Multi-factorial Disease Conditions
Abortions, Stillbirths, Abscesses, Abscesses in general, Bladder stones, Blindness, Bloat, Blood gut (sheep and goat), Blue udder, Diarrhoea, Eye Cancer, Eye infections, Joint Ill, Lameness/Foot Problems, Lung infection,
Mastitis in general, Navel Ill, Trauma, Downer, Other
Metabolic Diseases Acidosis, Displaced abomasum, Ketosis, Milk Fever
Reproductive diseases Dystocia (Difficult Births), Endometritis, Metritis, Poor conception, Retained
afterbirth, Uterus prolaps, Vaginal (Cervical) prolaps
Climatical Cause Heat stress, Lightning
Residues Drug residues
Non specific diseases Preditors, Sabotation - Theft, Trauma
Internal Parasites
Roundworms in general ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (5) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 2.1 (12) 1.9 (9) 1.9 (7) 1.8 (11)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Sheep 2.3 (3) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.2 (11) 1.8 (4) 1.8 (4) 2.0 (8)
Goat 2.0 (4) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Sheep: 1 Lydenburg, Lydenburg Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 1 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Wireworm infestation on kikoejoe grazing causing anaemia
Standerton, Econovet Sheep: 3
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Gauteng Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Sheep: 3 Limpopo
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Beef: 3
Several cattle lost condition caused by roundworm infestations. Sheep: 3
North West Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Sheep: 3
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1, Sheep: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 1
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 2
Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Sheep: 1 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 2
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Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 2
Aberdeen Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 1 Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Sheep: 3 Uitenhage, Uitenhage Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 1
Large worm egg count numbers in merino ewes Goat: 1
Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 3
Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 2
George, George Animal Hospital Sheep: 3
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed Sheep: 1
Plettenberg Bay, Plettenberg Bay A Reitz Beef: 2
Cattle bankruptworm (Trichostrongylus): 40 calves between 8 and 20 weeks old on grazing with starter supplementation. Condition poor, 4 unable to stand, 2 died and 10 had severe diarrhoea. Treated calves with
electrolytes and sulphas. No improvement. Took scrapings from abomasal and duodenal mucosa and found a severe cattle bankrupt infestation. After treatment with an anthelmintic it took time for calves to recover and 6 calves in poor
condition still died. The outbreak was preceded by rainy and hot weather conditions. Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1, Goat: 1
Resistant Round Worms ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1)
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Mpumalanga Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 On certain farms parasite resistance is out of control.
Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2 Limpopo
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Sheep: 2
Small stock farmers in our area are fighting a losing battle against resistant roundworms. Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Sheep: 1 Eastern Cape
Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 1
Aberdeen, Klipplaat Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Sheep: 1 Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital Sheep: 3
Wireworm ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (2) 3.0 (3) 2.5 (2) 2.2 (5) 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (4) 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Goat 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Gauteng Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Limpopo
Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
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Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 3, Goat: 3
North West Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Sheep: 2 Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1, Sheep: 3
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Sheep: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Sheep: 1 Eastern Cape
Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Western Cape Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal
Goat: 2 Deaths
Brown stomach-worm ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Dairy 2.5 (2) Sheep 2.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Kwazulu-Natal Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Eastern Cape
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Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 2
Swelsiekte Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Eye worm (Thelazia rhodesii) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1)
Free State Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 1
Tape Worms ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (3) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (5) 2.3 (6) 1.0 (2) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.3 (3) Sheep 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.3 (3) 1.0 (2) 1.5 (2)
Mpumalanga Standerton, Econovet
Sheep: 3 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Limpopo
Ellisras, Ellisras Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek Beef: 1
North West Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Free State
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
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Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 1, Sheep: 1
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Sheep: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 3 Emerging farmers reporting high prevalence of tapeworms
Sheep: 3 Eastern Cape
Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 1
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 1
Western Cape Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2
Parafilaria ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.3 (3) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.3 (3)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.3 (3) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.3 (3)
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 North West
Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Free State
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Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
Beef: 1
Liver fluke ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.4 (5) 2.1 (12) 2.5 (6) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.3 (3) 2.1 (8) 2.5 (4) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.5 (2) 2.0 (4)
Mpumalanga Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Free State
Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
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Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy
Beef: 2 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle
Beef: 3 Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic Beef: 1
Western Cape Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Bottle jaws
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 1
Conical Flukes ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (4) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (6) 2.3 (7) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (3)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (4) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.4 (5) 2.2 (6) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (2) Dairy 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Limpopo
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Beef: 2
North West Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 2 Adults
Free State
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Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle Beef: 3
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3
Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Uitenhage, Uitenhage Dierehospitaal
Goat: 1 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Goat: 2
Deaths in goats that presented with severe diarrhoea. Post mortem revealed massive amounts of adult conical flukes in the rumen
Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
One death
Cysticercosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
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Beef 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 3 Abattoir inspections: cattle all coming from feedlots
North West Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Adults
Western Cape Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2
Other ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Goat 2.0 (1)
Northern Cape Upington, Upington Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 2 Coenurus cerebralis (turning disease) in Boergoats
External Parasites
Blue ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.1 (7) 3.0 (1) 2.4 (5) 2.5 (2) 2.4 (17) 2.4 (16) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (7)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.3 (6) 2.4 (5) 2.5 (2) 2.3 (12) 2.5 (10) 2.0 (1) 2.3 (4)
Dairy 1.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.5 (2) 1.5 (2) Goat 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
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Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2, Dairy: 1 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 3 Limpopo
Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 2
Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Beef: 3
Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
North West Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
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Beef: 2 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy Beef: 2
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 1
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Beef: 2 Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Oudtshoorn, Oudtshoorn Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal Sheep: 1
Heartwater (Bont) ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (3) 2.0 (3) 2.2 (9) 2.0 (4) 2.4 (8) 1.5 (2)
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Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.4 (5) 1.7 (3) 2.3 (6) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (2) 2.0 (3) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 3
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Sheep: 1
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Ellisras, Ellisras Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Nylstroom, Nylstroom
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 North West
Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Beef: 1
Found heartwater tick on a human Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 3
Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
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Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 2
Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 1
Brown ear-ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 1.3 (3) 2.6 (5) 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 1.3 (3) 2.3 (3) 3.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) Goat 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Heavy load, bleeding
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 1 Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Free State
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 Wildlife
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital
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Beef: 3
Bont-legged ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (3) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.6 (20) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.6 (11) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2)
Dairy 2.5 (2) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.7 (6) 2.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Limpopo
Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Sheep: 2
North West Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 2
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Dairy: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2
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Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic Beef: 3
Western Cape Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2
Red-legged ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.7 (3) 3.0 (2) 2.6 (10) 2.0 (1) 2.3 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.5 (4) 2.0 (3) Dairy 3.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 2.6 (5) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Beef: 3
Free State Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
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Beef: 3, Dairy: 3, Sheep: 3 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2, Sheep: 3 3% of flock affected. I have not seen this before during the 5 years we have been here in Memel. Possibly emerging
now with climate change and change in tick distribution? Spring lamb paralysis due to red-legged ticks. Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Sheep: 2
Western Cape Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
Beef: 1 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
Paralysis ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.4 (5)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 1.5 (4) Goat 1.0 (1)
Free State Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1, Goat: 1 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 3% of flock affected. I have not seen this before in the 5 years we have been here in Memel. Possibly emerging now
with climate change and change in tick distribution? Spring lamb paralysis due to red-legged ticks. Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 1 Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1
Biting lice (red lice) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 1.8 (6) 3.0 (1)
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Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.3 (4) 3.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 1 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Sucking lice (blue lice) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (2) 2.0 (5) 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.5 (2) 2.0 (5) 3.0 (1)
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 3
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Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Western Cape Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3
Scab mites ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Gauteng Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Sheep: 3 North West
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 3 Northern Cape
Calvinia, Calvinia Veeartskliniek Sheep: 3
Four positive farms
Mange Mites ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (6) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.8 (4) Dairy 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1)
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Free State Bultfontein, Greylingsrust Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 3 Demodex
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 1
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 1
Nuisance Flies ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (6) 2.5 (4) 1.7 (3) 2.4 (7) 3.0 (2) 2.3 (12)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.3 (4) 2.7 (3) 1.7 (3) 2.3 (4) 3.0 (2) 2.4 (5) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Sheep 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.4 (5) Goat 2.5 (2)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 North West
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Especially seen in dairies Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Free State
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
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During the last two weeks the population of nuisance flies increased dramatically Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 3 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 3 Western Cape
Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 3
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 3
Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Oudtshoorn, Oudtshoorn Dierekliniek Beef: 1, Sheep: 1
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Dairy: 1
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Blowflies ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.3 (3) 1.0 (2) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Goat 1.0 (1)
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Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Limpopo
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 1, Sheep: 1
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 1 Free State
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Western Cape Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1
Screw-worm ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.6 (5) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.7 (3) 1.0 (1) Sheep 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1)
Limpopo Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Nylstroom, Nylstroom
Beef: 2 Fly strike – treated numerous wounds (mostly caused by ticks with long mouthparts) infested with maggots. One
farmer has 4 Charolais cattle that lost their ears due to the infestation. Sheep: 2
Free State Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
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Beef: 1 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Sheep: 2 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Goat: 1 Duiker
Nasal bot larvae ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Gauteng Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Sheep: 3 Free State
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Sheep: 1 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 1
Obstruction of the nasal sinuses with build-up of mucus in the sinuses
Midges ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 2.0 (3) 1.0 (2) 2.1 (7)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.5 (4) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
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Beef: 1 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 3
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed Beef: 1
An insect explosion. Associated problems are eye infections. Water in irrigation channels stimulate further insect activity - notably mosquitoes and midges.
Sheep: 1 An insect explosion. Associated problems are eye infections. Water in irrigation channels stimulate further insect
activity - notably mosquitoes and midges. Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3
Tick-borne Diseases
African red water ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.2 (5) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.3 (7) 1.8 (4) 2.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.2 (5) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.3 (7) 1.8 (4) 2.0 (1) Dairy 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 1 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
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Beef: 2 Gauteng
Nigel, Welgelegen Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Nylstroom, Nylstroom
Beef: 1 Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle
Beef: 3 Pietermaritzburg, Dr Rick Mapham Consultancy
Beef: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 3 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 2
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic Beef: 1
Uitenhage, Uitenhage Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Western Cape George, George Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 3
Asiatic red water ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.2 (6) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (3) 1.8 (8) 2.0 (1) 1.3 (3)
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Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.2 (6) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (3) 1.9 (7) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Dairy 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3 Lydenburg, Lydenburg Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 1 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 2 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 2 Two calves
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Severe cases and high mortalities in cattle moved into the area. Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Dairy: 1 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
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Beef: 1 Mixed tick borne diseases (Theilerias, red water and heartwater)
Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Beef: 2 Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 1
Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Calf
Anaplasmosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.3 (3) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.8 (5) 2.0 (14) 1.3 (3) 1.3 (3) 1.8 (6)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.3 (3) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.8 (5) 1.9 (10) 1.5 (2) 1.3 (3) 1.3 (3)
Dairy 2.3 (4) 1.0 (1) 2.3 (3)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Beef: 2
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 3
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1
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Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Beef: 2
Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 1 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Dairy: 2 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Dairy: 3 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Dairy: 1
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Uitenhage, Uitenhage Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Western Cape
Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 1
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Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Vredenburg, Vredenburg Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Anaplasmosis in bull that was bought, he was not vaccinated.
Heartwater ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (4) 2.3 (4) 1.7 (7) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (12) 1.8 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (3) 2.0 (1) 1.7 (3) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (8) 1.7 (3) Sheep 2.5 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (3) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 A second case on the same farm. The first time heartwater occurred in "my area". Heartwater ticks on cattle.
Gauteng Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Sheep: 3 Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Limpopo
Ellisras, Ellisras Dierekliniek Goat: 2
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 1, Sheep: 1, Goat: 1
Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Beef: 3
Reports are received daily of animals with clinical signs of heartwater. Sheep: 3
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
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Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic
Beef: 1, Goat: 1 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 Especially in animals that were born in winter.
Sheep: 2 Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
Beef: 3, Goat: 3 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Beef: 1
Uitenhage, Uitenhage Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Sweating Sickness ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Western Cape
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Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 1
Boran calf - 3 months old.
Insect Transmittable Diseases
Lumpy skin disease ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (2) 2.3 (4) 2.0 (1) 1.8 (9)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.8 (6) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 1.7 (3)
Mpumalanga Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 In unvaccinated cattle in upcoming farmers.
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Nylstroom, Nylstroom
Beef: 2 Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Western Cape
Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital Beef: 3
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 1
Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
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Beef: 1 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Gourits
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Three farms
Three-day-stiffsickness ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Limpopo
Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Beef: 1
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Blue tongue ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (1)
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Gauteng Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Sheep: 2 Free State
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Blue tongue in thirty out of 250, 2 to 3 months old lambs, ewes were not vaccinated.
Western Cape Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
Sheep: 1 Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Outbreak very early - no vaccine available
Northern Cape Upington, Upington Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Blue tongue in 4 ewes along the river in Grootdrink. Ewes were not vaccinated. Blue tongue usually only occur at end
of January.
Venereal Diseases
Trichomonosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.1 (7) 2.0 (1) 1.8 (4) 2.4 (14) 2.4 (5) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.1 (7) 2.0 (1) 1.8 (4) 2.4 (13) 2.4 (5) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Dairy 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Two new farms that are infected
Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer Beef: 3
Several bulls tested positive during the month. Farms that were negative previously tested positive. This is a major problem in our area. This disease as well as poor nutrition are the reasons for poor conception.
Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 2
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Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Standerton, Econovet Beef: 3
Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Limpopo Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Eleven out of 14 bulls tested positive
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 2 outbreaks, 1 new outbreak.
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1
New herd Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 New farm
Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 2 Four bulls tested positive on a farm in the Brandfort area. Two bulls teste positive in the Wepener area. These are
new positive farms. Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 New positive farm. One positive bull slaughtered. No positives found on retesting.
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Beef: 2
One bull out of a group of 20. A bull that was bought was also positive. Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
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Beef: 3 Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle Beef: 2
Two new positive herds Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
Beef: 3 Eastern Cape
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic Beef: 1
New positive farm Western Cape
Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Positive bull bought in Northern Cape
Kathu, Kathu Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Incidence in the area is increasing
Vibriosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.1 (9) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 2.1 (8) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
North West Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 2
Two positive bulls in the Dewetsdorp area and 4 in Bloemfontein area. Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
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Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 One new farm with infection
Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2
Pizzle disease ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 1.0 (1)
Western Cape Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1
Bacterial Disease (other)
Listeriosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Dairy 2.0 (1)
Kwazulu-Natal Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2
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Other ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 2 Clostridium perfringens B (lamb dysentry-bloedpens) - young kids, intensive systems with cold spells.
Western Cape Stellenbosch, Provincial Veterinary Laboratory
Sheep: 1 Single incident of Streptococcal bacterial encephalitis in a two-month-old lamb
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Pasteurella pneumonia in calves under 6 mnths
Blackquarter ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.3 (3) 1.0 (3) 1.0 (1) 1.8 (8) 1.5 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 1.0 (3) 1.0 (1) 1.7 (7) 1.5 (4) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Limpopo
Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
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Beef: 1 Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 North West
Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Free State Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Clostridium sordelli and C. septicum Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2 Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 2
Pulpy Kidney ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 1.6 (7) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (4) 1.6 (5) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) Sheep 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 1.6 (7) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (3) 1.8 (4) 2.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Standerton, Econovet
Sheep: 3 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2
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Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Goat: 1 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Free State Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Sheep: 2
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Sheep: 1 Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Year old lambs Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 1
Ewe that was not vaccinated had rumen acidosis Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
Sheep: 3 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Goat: 1 Northern Cape
De Aar, De Aar Veterinary Clinic
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Sheep: 2
Swelled head disease ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Limpopo Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Sheep: 1
Western Cape Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1
Redgut (cattle) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 1.8 (5) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 1.8 (4) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Free State
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Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Blood gut (Sheep) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Sheep: 1 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Sheep: 3 30-40 sheep dead
North West Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Sheep: 2 Eastern Cape
Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 2
Graaff-Reinet, Aberdeen, Klipplaat, De Rust Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 1
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Blood cases on the increase Western Cape
Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed Sheep: 1
Tetanus ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) Sheep 1.5 (2)
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Sheep: 2 Bultfontein, Greylingsrust Dierespreekkamer
Sheep: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Botulism ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (3) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Beef: 2
Four died Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 1
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Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Cattle received chicken litter, 12 animals as downers Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2
Salmonellosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Mpumalanga Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Dairy: 2 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 North West
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Dairy: 3
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 1 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Dairy: 1
6 months old Jersey heifer
Brucella abortus ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
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Average 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.2 (13) 1.0 (2) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.2 (12) 1.0 (2) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1)
Dairy 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinêre Spreekkamer
Beef: 1 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Limpopo
Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Five positive Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 3 Abortion storm 57 out of 94 animals bled positive on complement fixation test. Herd not vaccinated and farmer does
not speculate. Infection must have been introduced by infected placenta from neighbouring infected herd. North West
Brits, Brits Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Large numbers of positive animals sold at sales Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Positive cattle bought in. New outbreak.
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 2 New infection of brucellosis on a farm in the Petrusburg area.
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 2
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 1
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Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 3
Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle
Beef: 1 New positive herd, animals bought in
Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid Beef: 1
Western Cape Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Beef: 1 New farm with infection
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Northern Cape Kathu, Kathu Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 New herd
Brucella ovis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Free State Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 3
A major problem in the Karoo. Experiencing major problems in the Meatmaster breed. Poor biosecurity measures remains a big factor
Northern Cape Upington, Upington Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Rev 1 vaccine not available
Bovine Tuberculosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North Free Kwazulu- Eastern Western Northern
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West State Natal Cape Cape Cape
Average 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1
Johne`s disease ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital Sheep: 3
First positive case seen in the immediate vicinity of George. On the farm of a speculator who buys and sells sheep. Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1
Leptospirosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.7 (3) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1)
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
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Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Beef: 1
Septicaemia ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 3 Western Cape
Stellenbosch, Provincial Veterinary Laboratory Beef: 1
Stellenbosch area: Streptococcus uberis and a haemolytic E. coli was isolated from lung, spleen and liver samples from a calf carcase that presented with effusions in the body cavities.
Enzootic Abortion ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 1.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Sheep: 1 Confirmed with DNA - 6 weeks post vaccination of flock before mating
E.coli ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (5) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (4) 2.3 (3) 2.8 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases
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reported
Beef 2.3 (4) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) Sheep 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Sheep: 1 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 In calves
Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Standerton, Econovet Beef: 3
Gauteng Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Goat: 2 North West
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Severe E.coli infection in calves. Two to 4 week old calves on several farms.
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Dairy: 1 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Infection in feedlot - poor quality sheep - ate faecal contaminated food Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Calves
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic Sheep: 3
E. coli meningitis Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital
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Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 3 Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital
Dairy: 2
Dermatophilosis (Lumpy Wool) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 1.0 (1)
Free State Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1
Intrauterine Gangrene ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Free State Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Northern Cape
Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Fusibacterium necrophorum ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Dairy 1.0 (1)
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Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 1
Protozoal diseases (other)
Coccidiosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.7 (3) 2.3 (3) 1.5 (2) 1.8 (6) 1.4 (5) 2.5 (4) 2.0 (6)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.3 (3) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Sheep 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 1.8 (4) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (3) Goat 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 1 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Standerton, Econovet
Sheep: 2 Gauteng
Nigel, Welgelegen Dierekliniek Goat: 2
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 3
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Sheep: 2 Limpopo
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Beef: 2
Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic Goat: 1
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Sheep: 3 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 1
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Kwazulu-Natal Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Goat: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 1, Goat: 1 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 2
Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 2
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Beef: 3
Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Sheep: 2 Large worm egg count numbers in lambs - especially on fields
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 1
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Sheep: 1
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Fungal diseases
Ringworm ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 2.3 (4) 2.1 (8) 2.1 (7) 1.0 (1) 1.8 (5) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (2) 2.3 (4) 2.1 (7) 2.2 (5) 1.0 (1) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
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Beef: 3 North West
Brits, Brits Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3 Calves
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Bultfontein, Greylingsrust Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 2 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Dairy: 1
Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle Beef: 1
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3
Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Beef: 1 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Beef: 2
Ringworm seen on one farm Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1
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Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Stellenbosch, Provincial Veterinary Laboratory Sheep: 3
Trichophyton verrucosum dermatophytosis in approximately 1% of flock with lesions starting around the horn bases and in severe cases extending over the entire facial plane including the ears, eyes and nostrils, with secondary
bacterial infection, most notably Staphylococcus, Moraxella bovis and Trueperella pyogenes. Treatment with F10 spray seems effective.
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Northern Cape Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
Viral Diseases (other)
BMC ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.3 (3) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.3 (3) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 One farmer lost 49 cattle. Wildebeest associated. Game farmer. Very rare to get such a big outbreak. Lost no cattle
the previous 14 years. Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Free State
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 3 More than 90 weaners died in a feedlot.
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 1
Rabies ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North Free Kwazulu- Eastern Western Northern
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West State Natal Cape Cape Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 1.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 1 Rabies in an Angora goat in Prins Albert, laboratory confirmed
Northern Cape Calvinia, Calvinia Veeartskliniek
Sheep: 1 Sheep positive for rabies at Brandvlei farm
BVD (Bovine viral diarrhoea) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Western Cape Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 2 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3
IBR (Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (3)
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Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (3) Dairy 3.0 (1)
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Dairy: 3
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 3
Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 3.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
1 Bovelder heifer about 10 months old positive out of 100 in group. Tested for export. Dairy: 1
50% Friesian heifers positive that was destined for export. Free State
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
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Beef: 3 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 2
Western Cape Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Beef: 1 Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 1
Orf ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (2) 1.3 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) Goat 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Mpumalanga Lydenburg, Lydenburg Dierespreekkamer
Sheep: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2 Limpopo
Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic Goat: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 One flock,sheep bought in and sheep on farm got infected
Free State Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 1 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Goat: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 3 Jansenville, Graaff-Reinet, Pearston
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
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Sheep: 1 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 1
Orf in Merino's Goat: 2
Orf in goats Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
Goat: 1 Oudtshoorn, Oudtshoorn Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1
Warts ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (3) 1.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 1.7 (6) 1.4 (9) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (4) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (3) 1.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 1.8 (5) 1.5 (8) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3 Lydenburg, Lydenburg Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 2 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Limpopo
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 1
Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek Beef: 2
North West Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 3 Calves
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital
Beef: 1 Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 2 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
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Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Dairy: 1
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy
Beef: 1 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Dairy: 1 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 3 Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Western Cape George, George Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 1 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Northern Cape
Kathu, Kathu Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Poisonings (Plant) and Fungal
Cardiac glycoside poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
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Beef 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (2) Sheep 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Limpopo Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 2 North West
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Slangkop Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Slangkop
Kwazulu-Natal Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 2 Sudden death with very few clinical signs, confirmed on PM and histology.
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Sheep: 1 Various tulips after some spring rains
Cestrum ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Two animals died on 2 farms
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Nylstroom, Nylstroom
Beef: 2
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North West Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Free State
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital Beef: 3
10 cattle died when they were moved into a new camp. There were 40 cattle and a bull in the herd. Bull was very sick but he survived after treatment
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Cynanchum poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1)
Western Cape Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 3
Facial eczema ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 1.7 (3)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Free State Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Rye grass Sheep: 2 Rye grass
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Geeldikkop/Dikoor ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Limpopo Nylstroom, Nylstroom
Sheep: 2 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Gifblaar ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Goat 2.0 (1)
Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Limpopo
Ellisras, Ellisras Dierekliniek Goat: 2
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 2
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1
Gousiekte ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
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Average 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 1.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Limpopo Nylstroom, Nylstroom
Sheep: 1 Farmer lost 9 Pedi sheep. Histopathology suggests gousiekte was the cause. It is also suspected that gousiekte was
the cause of death in 2 cattle mortalities. Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 2
Lantana ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Gauteng Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 3 Limpopo
Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Nenta poisoning (Krimpsiekte) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (1)
Western Cape Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
Sheep: 2
Prussic acid poisoning ^
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PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (2)
Eastern Cape Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Kweek, 10 farms
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic Sheep: 1
Rye grass poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 2.0 (1)
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 2
Seneciosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 3.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Sheep: 3
Tulip Poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North Free Kwazulu- Eastern Western Northern
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West State Natal Cape Cape Cape
Average 2.4 (5) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (5) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.4 (5) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (4) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 1 Lydenburg, Lydenburg Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 3 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Nigel, Welgelegen Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Beef: 2 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Vermeersiekte (Gaigeria spp.) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North Free Kwazulu- Eastern Western Northern
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West State Natal Cape Cape Cape
Average 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Sheep 3.0 (1)
Free State Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3
Micotoxicosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Dairy 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Kwazulu-Natal Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Invitrotech Dairy: 3
Mycotoxicosis: Oats silage, production losses of up to 5L per day, poor conceptions, Resorbsions occur up to 3 months pregnancy. Retarded involution of the uterus, Metritis (endometritis)
Other ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.3 (3)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Diplodiosis (B 2)
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Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Suspect Fusarium moneliforme in a Zebra.
Eastern Cape Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 3 Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Beef: 1 Ganskweek
Western Cape Malmesbury, Invitrotech
Beef: 3 Mycotoxicosis Oats silage- production loss of 5 litre per cow per day; poor conception rate: resorbtion up to 3 months
pregnancy; retarded involution of the uterus; metritis and endometritis. Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
Sheep: 2 Geelbos (Galenia africana)
Goat: 2 Geelbos (Galenia africana)
Poisonings
Urea Poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.2 (5)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.7 (3) Dairy 3.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1)
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 3 Farmer in the Brandfort area lost 8 heifers with urea poisoning after the first rain, managed to save 10 heifers. He was
making use of high content urea lick. Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Dairy: 3, Sheep: 3 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1
Snake Bite ^
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PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Dairy 1.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1)
Free State Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 1
Chemical products ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1)
Limpopo Vaalwater, Vaalwater dierekliniek en Wilddienste
Beef: 1 One cow with organophosphate poisoning.
Free State Bultfontein, Greylingsrust Dierespreekkamer
Sheep: 3 Workers overdosed lambs with Valbazen dewormer instead of giving lambs 1-2 ml gave them 20 ml - 22 lambs died.
Western Cape Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Copper poisoning
Other ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
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Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Goat 2.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 2 Iron (Fe) excess
Macro Nutritional Problems
Energy deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (6) 2.5 (2) 2.1 (7) 2.5 (15) 2.9 (15) 3.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.5 (6) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (5) 2.5 (10) 2.8 (9)
Dairy 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (4) 3.0 (3) 3.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Goat 3.0 (3)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Gauteng
Nigel, Welgelegen Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
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Beef: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 3, Sheep: 3
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
General problem Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic Beef: 3, Goat: 3
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy Beef: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 3
Drought, poor grazing conditions. Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 3 Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
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Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Eastern Cape
Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Poor grazing, ewes in poor condition, poor milk supply resulting in lambs dying Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 2
Lambs affected (ewes in poor condition i.e. poor milk production) Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 1
Protein deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.4 (5) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.1 (7) 2.6 (9) 2.9 (12) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.4 (5) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (5) 2.6 (7) 2.8 (6) 3.0 (1) Dairy 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Goat 3.0 (3)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Nigel, Welgelegen Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Downer animals due to poor quality food
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
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Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Free State
Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital Beef: 1
Animals in poor condition Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 General problem
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 2 Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic
Beef: 3, Goat: 3 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 3 Poor body condition. Lack of rain, poor veld management
Dairy: 3 Poor body condition. Lack of rain, poor veld management. First calvers especially affected.
Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid Beef: 3
Poor grazing conditions Sheep: 3
Poor grazing conditions Goat: 3
Poor grazing conditions Eastern Cape
Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Poor grazing, ewes in poor condition, poor milk supply resulting in lambs dying Western Cape
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Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed Sheep: 1
Northern Cape Upington, Upington Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Mismothering due to poor grazing. Due to poor grazing animals conceived later.
Sheep: 3 Mismothering due to poor grazing. Due to poor grazing ewes conceived later.
Phosphate deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 North West
Brits, Brits Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Northern Cape Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Farmer sick, phosphate lick was not given to animals
Calcium deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (5) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.7 (3) Dairy 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 1
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Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 2
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Dairy: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 2
Western Cape Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2
Micro Nutritional Problems
Iodine deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (2)
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2
Copper deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North Free Kwazulu- Eastern Western Northern
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West State Natal Cape Cape Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.5 (4) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) Dairy 3.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Goat: 1 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 3 Free State
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Dairy: 3 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2 Western Cape
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Goat: 1
Zinc deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1)
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2
Selenium deficiency ^
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PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.8 (4) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (8) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.7 (3) 2.3 (6) 2.0 (1) Dairy 3.0 (2) Sheep 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 3 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle
Beef: 1 Selenium deficiency in a herd.
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2
Magnesium deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1)
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Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2
Manganese deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Goat 2.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 2
Iodine deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1)
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2
Vitamin A deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) Goat 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
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Beef: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Grazing still relative dry. Retained placentas.
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic Beef: 3, Goat: 3 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Vitamin B deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2)
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Western Cape
Vredenburg, Vredenburg Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Vitamin B1 deficiency in sheep on bitter lupins. Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Vitamin B1 deficiency, very dry grazing
Multi-factorial Disease Conditions
Abortions ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (6) 1.0 (1) 1.8 (4) 2.2 (14) 2.4 (8) 2.0 (2) 2.2 (6)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (5) 1.8 (4) 2.3 2.2 (5) 3.0 (1) 2.7 (3)
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(11) Dairy 1.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (2) Sheep 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 1
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 2 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 2
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 2
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Dairy: 1
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Awaiting results from laboratory
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Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 1, Goat: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Beef: 3
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic Sheep: 1
Western Cape George, George Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 1 Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Beef: 3 Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 3 Stellenbosch, Provincial Veterinary Laboratory
Goat: 1 Tulbagh area: A lung and spleen pool from an aborted foetus tested PCR positive for Chlamydophila abortus. E. coli
was isolated from lung, spleen and brain samples. This combination is often seen at this laboratory. Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3
Stillbirths ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) Dairy 3.0 (1)
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
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Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Abscesses ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.8 (5) 1.0 (2) 2.0 (3) 1.7 (3) 1.6 (8) 2.0 (13) 1.0 (1) 1.6 (8) 2.0 (3)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.8 (4) 2.0 (2) 1.7 (3) 1.8 (4) 1.8 (5) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (2) Sheep 1.0 (2) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (3) 1.5 (2) Goat 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (3) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Accompanied by bont tick infestation
Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Sheep: 1 Corynebacterium abscessation (CLA)
Limpopo Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Vaalwater, Vaalwater dierekliniek en Wilddienste
Beef: 2 Abscess of prescapular lymphnode. Occlusion of the prepuce in a young bull due to neglected abscessation.
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Free State
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
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Sheep: 1 Sheep died due to abscesses in the lungs
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Dairy: 1
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1, Goat: 1 Eastern Cape
Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 1
Aberdeen Western Cape
Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 2
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 1
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 2
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed Beef: 1, Sheep: 1, Goat: 1
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Northern Cape Kathu, Kathu Dierekliniek
Goat: 3 Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kalwers
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Goat: 1
Abscesses in general ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (4) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 3
Caused by tick bites. Ticks with long mouthparts between claws leading to lameness, foot problems, joint infections and screw-worm infestation.
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Western Cape
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Dairy: 2
Bladder stones ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Goat 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Goat: 1 High concentrate diet with noprophylactic measures: phosphate stones
Blindness ^
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PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (6) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (4) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1)
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Goat: 1
Bloat ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.6 (7) 1.7 (3) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.4 (5) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Beef: 1
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Kwazulu-Natal Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Western Cape Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 1 Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital
Beef: 1 Oats field - acidosis- one dead
Blood gut (sheep and goat) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Goat 1.0 (1)
Western Cape Stellenbosch, Provincial Veterinary Laboratory
Goat: 1 Wellington area: Clostridium perfringens was isolated from a small intestine sample.
Blue udder ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.3 (3) 3.0 (1) 1.5 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Dairy 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.3 (3)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 North West
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
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Sheep: 3 Three died in the flock that was infected with orf
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 1 Eastern Cape
Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Ewes - 7-8 week lactation Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed Sheep: 1
Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Stellenbosch, Provincial Veterinary Laboratory Dairy: 2
Ceres area: Bacillus cereus was isolated from a milk sample from a cow. These bacteria are not commonly associated with mastitis, but can cause gangrenous mastitis.
Diarrhoea ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (4) 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (4) 2.2 (10) 2.4 (9) 2.0 (3) 2.6 (7)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (4) 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (4) 2.3 (7) 2.4 (5) 2.7 (3) Dairy 3.0 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.3 (3) Sheep 2.0 (3) 3.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3 Gauteng
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Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Suspected viral, calves
Nylstroom, Nylstroom Beef: 3
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 3 Calves in veld
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Free State Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Goat: 2
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Dairy: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
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Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Dairy: 2 Due to problem with colostrum management
Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 2
Aberdeen, Klipplaat Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Common this time of the year. Sheep: 3
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 1
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 3
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek Dairy: 3 Calves
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Rota virus (B 1)
Eye Cancer ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.4 (5) 1.8 (4) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (2) 1.0 (2) 2.0 (1) Dairy 1.7 (3) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1, Dairy: 1 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Dairy: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
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Beef: 1, Dairy: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 2
Western Cape Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2
Eye infections ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.8 (9) 2.0 (2) 2.7 (9) 2.5 (20) 2.4 (10) 1.3 (3) 2.0 (9) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.9 (7) 2.0 (1) 2.6 (7) 2.5 (13) 2.4 (5) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (4) 2.0 (1)
Dairy 2.3 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (3) Sheep 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.5 (4) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Goat 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Lydenburg, Lydenburg Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 1 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Heavy fly load
Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Accompanied by higk fly populations Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2
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Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 2 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 3
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Bultfontein, Greylingsrust Dierespreekkamer Sheep: 2
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 2, Sheep: 3
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
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Beef: 3 Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy
Beef: 2 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Eastern Cape
Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 1
Jansenville Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Beef: 1 Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Northern Cape Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
Joint Ill ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 1.5 (4) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 1.5 (4) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1
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Gauteng Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Septic arthritis
Limpopo Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 1 North West
Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Free State Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1 Calf, 2 months old, with severe swollen knee. Joint was inflamed
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 1 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2 Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid
Beef: 2 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Northern Cape Calvinia, Calvinia Veeartskliniek
Sheep: 2
Lameness/Foot Problems ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (3) 3.0 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.6 (5) 1.9 (7) 2.0 (2) 2.1 (9) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (3) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 1.8 (4) Dairy 3.0 (2) 2.3 (3) 2.5 (2) Sheep 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (1) Goat 3.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
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Beef: 1 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Due to muddy conditions
Gauteng Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Free State Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 2 Hooves of bulls standing in kraal became grown out which crack and bulls become lame
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Dairy: 3
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Dairy: 3
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Sheep: 1, Goat: 1 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 1 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Dairy: 3 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Goat: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie Beef: 1
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Beef: 3
Western Cape Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 2 Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 2 Laminitis
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Dairy: 2
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Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 1
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Northern Cape Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2
Lung infection ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (7) 1.8 (5) 3.0 (3) 2.2 (5) 1.8 (5) 2.6 (12) 2.0 (4) 2.4 (8) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (5) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 1.8 (5) 2.6 (5) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Dairy 2.8 (4) 2.5 (2) 2.7 (3) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.3 (3) Goat 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1, Goat: 1
Nigel, Welgelegen Dierekliniek Sheep: 3, Goat: 3
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Sheep: 1 Limpopo
Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Pasteurellosis Sheep: 3
Pasteurellosis Goat: 3
Pasteurellosis
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North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 3 Young animals
Free State Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Dairy: 3, Sheep: 2
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Goat: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3 Calves Dairy: 3 Calves
Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Dairy: 2
Graaff-Reinet, Camdeboo Veterinary Clinic Goat: 1
Aberdeen Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Uitenhage, Uitenhage Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 2
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Aspiration pneumonia Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 3 Pasteurellosis
Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 2
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Seasonal change Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Dairy: 3 Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 3 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Calves
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Northern Cape Kathu, Kathu Dierekliniek
Goat: 1
Mastitis in general ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (5) 1.0 (2) 1.0 (2) 3.0 (2) 1.8 (4) 2.1 (8) 1.8 (5) 2.2 (12)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.8 (4) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (4) Dairy 1.7 (3) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (4) 1.5 (4) 2.3 (7) Sheep 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Dairy: 2 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 E.coli, due to muddy conditions
Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Gauteng Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Sheep: 1
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Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Limpopo Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 1 Mokopane, Potgietersrus Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Dairy: 3 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Dairy: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Dairy: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Dairy: 2 Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 3 Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic
Dairy: 1 Uitenhage, Uitenhage Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 1 Western Cape
Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 1, Sheep: 1
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Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Blue udder mastitis caused by Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus George, George Animal Hospital
Beef: 3 Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 3 Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Dairy: 3 Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 3 Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
Beef: 1 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Dairy: 3 Stellenbosch, Provincial Veterinary Laboratory
Dairy: 2 A farm in the Swellendam area had several mastitis cases. Most of the cases were coliform mastitis. Bacteria isolated were mostly E. coli, but one sample yielded Citrobacter diversus and another Serratia marescesens. Pseudomonas
aeruginosa was isolated from another sample. Clinically Pseudomonas aeruginosa mastitis can look similar to coliform mastitis. Mannheimia varigena was also isolated from a sample.
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Navel Ill ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Limpopo Nylstroom, Nylstroom
Beef: 2 North West
Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Umbilical hernia in a 3 week old calf, strangulation of intestines. Free State
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
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Beef: 1 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Dairy: 1
Western Cape Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 1
Trauma ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (3) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Sheep 1.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1)
Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1, Goat: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy Beef: 2
Downer ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.7 (3) 2.3 (6)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.5 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.7 (3) 2.3 (4) Dairy 2.5 (2)
Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 3 Limpopo
Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Beef: 3
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Vaalwater, Vaalwater dierekliniek en Wilddienste Beef: 1
Cow standing with difficulty after calving - occlusion of all 4 teats. Free State
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic
Beef: 3 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy
Beef: 1
Other ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (2) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1)
Gauteng Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Foreign body (B 1); Hypospadia (C 1)
Goat: 1 Western Cape
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 1
Hardwear disease
Metabolic Diseases
Acidosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
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Average 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 2.1 (8) 2.3 (3) 1.6 (5)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 2.0 (5) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 1.7 (3)
Mpumalanga Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 2 North West
Brits, Brits Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Sheep: 3
Feedlot lambs Free State
Bultfontein, Greylingsrust Dierespreekkamer Beef: 2 Maize
Sheep: 3 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Sheep: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Dairy: 1
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Sheep: 2 Correction of ketosis by supplementing maize - not enough feeding space
Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 1
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Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 1
Displaced abomasum ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 2.0 (3) 1.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (3)
Gauteng Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 LDA's
Kwazulu-Natal Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 1 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Beef: 1
Ketosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Dairy 1.5 (2) Sheep 3.0 (1)
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 2
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Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Dairy: 1
Milk Fever ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.5 (4) 2.0 (5) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 1.7 (3) 2.0 (4) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2)
North West Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Dairy: 1
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Dairy: 2
Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Dairy: 1 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 2
Western Cape Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1
Reproductive diseases
Dystocia (Difficult Births) ^
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PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.2 (12) 1.8 (4) 1.7 (6) 2.6 (8) 2.4 (25) 2.4 (15) 2.4 (8) 2.2 (14) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.2 (10) 2.0 (2) 1.7 (6) 2.6 (8) 2.5 (18) 2.5 (11) 2.2 (5) 2.0 (7) 2.0 (1)
Dairy 2.0 (2) 2.7 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (4) Sheep 2.0 (2) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (4) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (2) Goat 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Lydenburg, Lydenburg Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 1 Machadodorp, Machadodorp Veterinary Services
Beef: 2 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 2 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Sheep: 1
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 1
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Nylstroom, Nylstroom Beef: 2
Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Vaalwater, Vaalwater dierekliniek en Wilddienste Beef: 1
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 3 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 3
Many dystocia cases, animals are in poor condition due to low energy levels. Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 2 Bultfontein, Greylingsrust Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 2 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Dairy: 2, Sheep: 3 Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 2 Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
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Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Goat: 3 Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 1 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy Beef: 1
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 1
Newcastle, Ncanduvet Newcastle Beef: 3
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3
Vryheid, Gert Theron Vryheid Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 2 Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Ewes in poor condition
Queenstown, Queenstown Veterinary clinic Beef: 3
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Western Cape Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 3 George, George Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Dairy: 3 Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 3 Oudtshoorn, Ostrimed
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Northern Cape
Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Endometritis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (4) 2.0 (5) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (2) 2.3 (4) 3.0 (1)
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
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Dairy: 3 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 1, Dairy: 1 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Northern Cape Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
Metritis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (4) 2.3 (3) 2.3 (3)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (3) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.3 (3)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
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Beef: 2 Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 1
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Dairy: 3
DCAD added to close-up rations but was reduced on one farm and the number of animals affected by these conditions (retained afterbirths, metritis, mastitis) escalated.
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Poor conception ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.7 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.7 (3) 2.5 (4) 2.0 (3) 3.0 (3)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.7 (3) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.5 (4) 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1) Dairy 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 3 Standerton, Standerton Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Limpopo
Polokwane, Pietersburg Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 3 Second calf cows
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Numerous infertile bulls
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
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Poor condition of bulls during the winter breeding season Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Western Cape Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 3 Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 3 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3
Retained afterbirth ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (6) 1.0 (1) 2.3 (4) 1.9 (8) 1.9 (8) 2.5 (2) 2.3 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.6 (5) 1.0 (1) 2.3 (4) 1.9 (7) 1.5 (6) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.3 (3) Goat 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Goat: 1 Lydenburg, Lydenburg Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 1 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Suspect that vitamin A deficiency plays a role
Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital Beef: 2
Limpopo Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 1 North West
Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
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Beef: 2 Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 3 Poor condition of animals
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 2 Bultfontein, Greylingsrust Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 2 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Camperdown, Camperdown Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Dairy: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 3 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 1
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Dairy: 3
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DCAD added to close-up rations but was reduced on one farm and the number of animals affected by these conditions (retained afterbirths, metritis, mastitis) escalated.
Malmesbury, Malmesbury Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Uterus prolapse ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.9 (14) 2.3 (7) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (3) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.9 (10) 2.3 (4) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Dairy 1.7 (3) 2.3 (3) 1.0 (3) Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2
North West Brits, Brits Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital Beef: 1
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 2
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Dairy: 1
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Wesselsbron, Wesselsbron Dierekliniek Beef: 2
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Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Beef: 1
Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Ewes in poor condition Western Cape
Heidelberg (WC), Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 1
Riversdale, Riversdal Dierekliniek Dairy: 1
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Dairy: 1
Northern Cape Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
Vaginal (Cervical) prolaps ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.7 (10) 2.0 (7) 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (7) 2.4 (5) Dairy 1.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (2) 3.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
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Beef: 2 North West
Brits, Brits Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Free State Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Ladybrand, Ladybrand / Excelsior Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 1 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 1 Vrede, Vrede Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Goat: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Bergville Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 1
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 1 Eastern Cape
Middelburg (EC), Steynsburg Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Ewes in poor condition
Climatical Cause
Heat stress ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
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Beef: 3
Lightning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (2) 1.8 (4) 1.5 (2)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (2) 1.7 (3) 1.5 (2) Sheep 2.0 (1)
North West Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 1 Vryburg, Vryburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Free State
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Beef: 1, Sheep: 2
700 plus animals died of freezing conditions Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Reitz, Riemland Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Residues
Drug residues ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.0 (1)
Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
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Non specific diseases
Preditors ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (3) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Northern Cape Upington, Upington Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Lambs killed, predators becoming an increasing problem.
Sabotation - Theft ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.5 (4)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 3 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2, Sheep: 3
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Trauma ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1)
Gauteng Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Fractures
Western Cape Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Dairy: 2 Fresh cows were placed amongst other cows in the sleeping quarters directly after calving down and I suspect that
they were injured in the process of sorting out the pecking order. Ostriches
Oudtshoorn: dr . Adriaan Olivier
Bont legged tick (3)
Red gut (3)
Dysbacteriosis (Clostridium/E.coli) 3
Protein deficiency (2)
Energy deficiency (3)
Selenium deficiency (1)
Navell ill (3)
Diarrhoea (3)
Diarrhoea Ost Chick season starting. Large fluctuations in temperatures temperature spikes – eg 42°C next day 26°C and then 14°C. Very cold early morning and afternoon. Temperature settings to high during evenings? Trigger to problems. Water disinfection. Slow response to chicks showing early signs (Poor feed intake. Slight depression) PM: severe diffuse pseudomembranous typhlocolitis. Culture Clostridium and E coli. Large variation to effectiveness of antibiotics. Fisrt line (macrolides and Terramycin) works 70%. 2nd and 3rd lines
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50% and below. Navel ill/ Septicaemia/ toxaemia
Ost Hatcher and chick room hygiene. Dirty airconditioner filters. Egg transmitted? Pseudomonas / E. coli isolated. Very high mortalities first 48 hours.
Flies and migdes Ost/ Bov/ Ovi
An insect explosion. Associated problems notebly eye infections. Water in irrifgation channels stimulate further insect activity notably mosquitoes and midges.
Redgut Ost Very hot weather (spikes). Cause a significant reduction intake. Birds over eat during cooler times which gives the classical red gut syndrome (=pulpy kidney) with over abundance of nutrients.
Ninta Ost Denuded veldt with high geelbos and ninta populations (and other unpalatable spp.) seem to have influenced embryo mortalities (80% sure). It can be that it is just a protein and energy deficiency as farmers believe such veldt contribute to nutritional needs (less than). According to our biodiversity guidelines non virgin veldt may be used for ostrich breeder production. A restriction is placed on carrying capacity as well with current veldt utilizations.
Pigs Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital – proff. Annandale, Prozesky, Shakespeare, drs. Blignaut, Carrington, Gratwick, Grobler, Harmse, Holm and O’Dell Enteric colibacillosis (2) Metritis (1) Brits: drs. Boshoff and Coertze Leptospirosis (1) Horses
Ermelo: dr. Ben Potgieter Botulism (1) Nigel: dr. Cindy van der Westhuizen Liverfluke (1) found at PM Machado: dr. Freddie Harris African horse sickness (2) Schweizer-Reneke: dr. N.J.Heyns Opthalmia (3)
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Camperdown: dr. Anthony van Tonder Babesiosis (1) Hoof abscesses (2) Caledon: drs. Retief and Rissik Bont ticks, Red-legged ticks and nuisance flies. Riversdale: drs. Du Plessis, Taylor and De Bruyn Babesiosis (1) Navell ill and diarrhoea: Rhodococcus (1) Upington: dr.Ian Vorster African horse sickness – desperately in need of vaccine Game Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital – proff. Annandale, Prozesky, Shakespeare, drs. Blignaut, Carrington, Gratwick, Grobler, Harmse, Holm and O’Dell Theileriosis in game (1)
Bethlehem: dr. Henk Basson Rabies in a meerkat Winburg: drs. Albertyn and Albertyn Lungworm in springbuck brought in from the Eastern Cape Schweizer-Reneke: dr. N.J.Heyns Theileriosis: Roan died – Theileria taurotragi Riversdale: drs. Du Plessis, Taylor and De Bruyn Wireworm infestation in Sable Wellington: dr. William van Zyl Dystocia in an Alpacca Feedlot report received from dr. Shaun Morris and dr. Eben du Preez ( [email protected])
Sheep feedlots: Dusty conditions were less and with the result that pneumonia cases decreased.
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Typical cases that are seen at the end of winter and in spring are: Weak lambs due to poor nutrition have problems with adaptation in feed lots, vitamin A deficiency, diarrhoea and increased susceptibility for infections such as pneumonia. Cases of E.coli and salmonellosis occurred and caused mortalities. Transport over long distances on dusty roads and diesel vapour contributed to pneumonia. Wireworm infestation are on the increase. Cattle feedlots: Tick transmitted diseases have already caused losses. Cases of red water, anaplasmosis and heartwater occurred. Pneumonia was the cause of mortalities during dusty and windy conditions before rainfall commenced. Windy conditions also contributed to mortalities due to acidosis, blot and red gut. Some of these animals fattened in the feedlot but at the abattoir their organs were condemned due to pneumonia and peritonitis. Pneumonia cases not only cause expensive treatment costs but decreased weight gains of diseased animals are often a bigger economical loss. Blackquarter was the cause of several mortalities in spite of good vaccination programmes. Some cattle do not immunize well to vaccinations. In calves cases of E. coli and Salmonella infections were diagnosed. Calves on harvested crop fields contracted diplodiosis but only a few died. Cestrum (ink berry) poisoning caused losses in cattle. Cestrum is spreading and more attention should be given as serious losses are taking place. A few cases of tulip poisoning occurred in calves that were back grounded on crop fields. Permanent BVD infected calves were diagnosed and contributed to animal health problems. Poor nutrition was the cause of adaptation problems in feedlots resulting in losses. Feedlot report received from dr. Andy Hentzen ([email protected]) Diseases and conditions Species and number of cases Liver fluke B 3 Conical fluke B 3 Cysticercosis B 3 Blue ticks B 3 Biting lice B 3 Sucking lice B 3 Midges B 3 African red water B 1 Lumpy skin disease B 3 High morbidity in cattle that were not
vaccinated (Dundee, KZN) Black leg B 2 Ringworm B 3 Bovine malignant catarrh (snotsiekte) B 1 IBR B 3 Warts B 2 Protein deficiency B 3 Energy deficiency B 3
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Copper, zinc, selenium and vitamin A deficiencies - combination
B 3
Lameness B 3 Pneumonia B 3 Opthalmia B 3 Protein and energy deficiency B 3 Late rains resulting in animals with a poor
nutritional status. Cows calving have hardly any milk and calves die of starvation.
Monthly report for October, 2014 from IDEXX laboratories supplied by dr. Marijke Henton ([email protected])
October was also a relatively quiet month. Streptococcus suis was isolated from the vagina of infertile pigs and also from cattle and sheep pneumonia cases. Streptococcus suis is a sporadic cause of pneumonia in ruminants, including game. Other causes of pneumonia were Pasteurella mairii in a pig, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in a pig, Mannheimia haemolytica in a feedlot sheep and a goat and Trueperella pyogenes in ovine and porcine pneumonia. Abortion in cattle was caused by Brucella abortus, Trueperella pyogenes (2 cases) and placentitis due to Nocardia. There were also deaths in goats due to anthrax vaccination in the neck area. Not all vaccine manufacturers recommend that anthrax vaccines administered to goats should be given in the tail fold or other areas where swelling does not affect respiration. Goats tend to produce large areas of oedema at the site of anthrax vaccination and if injected in the neck, the oedema may occlude the trachea.
Monthly report for October 2014 from Dr R D Last (BVSc; M.Med.Vet(Path); MRCVS) Specialist Veterinary Pathologist
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LIVESTOCK DISEASE SURVEILANCE
LIVESTOCK SPECIES DISEASE AGENT NO.
CASES LOCATION Caprine, Boergoat Clostridial blood gut 3 Graaff Reinet, W.Cape Bovine, Dairy Calf Shipping Fever 1 Greytown, KZN Bovine, Dairy Calf Complicated meconial aspiration syndrome 1 Humansdorp, E.Cape Porcine, Weaners Cutaneous gangrenous ergotism (ear tip) 3 Humansdorp, E.Cape
Bovine, Cow Liver Fluke 1 Camperdown, KZN Bovine, Bull Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 1 Bethal, Mpumulanga Bovine, Calf BVD retinal dysplasia and cerebellar atrophy 1 Ermelo, Mpumulanga
Bovine, Heifer Clostridial enterotoxaemia 1 Kokstad, East Griqualand
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Bovine, Calf Amaranthus sp nephrotoxicity 4 Jeffries Bay, E.Cape Bovine, Calf Mycotic abomasitis and cryptosporidiosis 1 Jeffries Bay, E.Cape
Ovine, Weaner Toxic cardiomyopathy (Ionophore) 1 Tzaneen, Limpopo Bovine, Cow Fog Fever 1 Underberg, KZN Ovine, Ewe Pneumonic Pasteurellosis 1 Mtunzini, KZN Bovine, Cow Listeriosis 1 Howick, KZN Bovine, Cow Paramphistomiasis 1 Underberg, KZN
Caprine, Boergoat Anthrax vaccine reaction 2 Piet Retief, Mpumulanga Caprine, Goat Gousiekte 1 Polokwane, Limpopo Bovine, Cow EBL (Serology) 59 Jeffries Bay, E.Cape Bovine, Calf Salmonellosis 1 Howick, KZN
Porcine, Baconers Ascaris suum hepatitis 4 Humansdorp, E.Cape Bovine, Weaner Rumen Acidosis 1 Piet Retief, Mpumulanga Bovine, Weaner Hypersensitivity pneumonia 1 Ixopo, KZN
Bovine, Feedlot steer Shipping Fever 1 Piet Retief, Mpumulanga Bovine, Jersey Cow Heartwater entorrhagia syndrome 1 Jeffries Bay, E.Cape
Bovine, Calf Mycotic abomasitis 1 Jeffries Bay, E.Cape
KZN MASTITIS BACTERIAL ISOLATES OCTOBER 2014
Bacterial isolate Number of Cases
Bacillus cereus Citrobacter spp Corynebacterium spp Enterobacter spp Enterococcus spp Escherchia coli 9 Haemolytic Escherchia coli 8 Klebsiella spp Proteus spp Pseudomonas spp 1 Staphylococcus aureus Staphyloccoous epidermidis Staphylococcus intermedius group - white 1 Staphylococcus intermedius group - yellow 1 Staphylococcus pseudintermedius 1 Stapylococcus spp (Coagulase Negative) 1 Streptococcus agalactiae Streptococcus dysgalactiae
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Streptococcus pneumonia 3 Streptococcus uberis 9