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Monthly report on livestock disease trends as informally reported by veterinarians in South Africa
April 2014
Level of Reporting
The following practices and laboratories (94) submitted reports during April 2014:
Mpumalanga (12)
Balfour – dr. Louis van Jaarsveld
Bethal – dr. Hardus Pieters
Delmas – dr. Johan Jooste
Ermelo – dr. Gert Oosthuizen
Ermelo – dr. Ben Potgieter
Grootvlei – dr. Neels van Wyk
Lydenburg – drs. Trümpelmann and Steyn
Nelspruit – dr. André Beytell
Middelburg – drs. Fourie and Rabie
Piet Retief - drs. Niebuhr and Weber
Standerton – dr. Kobie Kroon
Volksrust – dr. André Visser
Gauteng (5)
Bapsfontein – dr. Evert Olivier
Bronkhorstspruit – drs. De Bruin, De Bruin, Rudolph and Slabber
Krügersdorp - drs. Jeffery, Van Eeden and Walker
Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital – proff. Prozesky and Shakespear, drs. Annandale, Blignaut, Carrington, Gratwick, Grobler, Harmse, Holm and O’Dell
Pretoria – dr. Hanneke Pienaar
Limpopo (6)
Bela-Bela (Warmbath) – drs. Du Toit, Hansen, Bester and Herbst
Machado (Louis Trichardt) – drs. Harris, Klopper and Jacobs
Modimolle (Nylstroom) – drs. Hüber, Bredell and Barnard
Mokopane (Potgietersrus) - dr. Henk Visser
Tzaneen – dr. Pieter Cordier
Vaalwater - dr. Hampie van Staden
North West (9)
Christiana - dr. Pieter Nel
Leeudoringstad - dr. Ian Jonker
Kuruman – dr. Gerhard vd Westhuizen
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 – drs. Labuschagne and De Jager
Free State (16)
Bethlehem – drs. Basson, Strydom and Strydom
Bloemfontein - dr. Stephan Wessels
Bothaville – dr. Johan Blaauw
Clocolan – drs. Marwick and Wasserman
Dewetsdorp – dr. Marike Badenhorst
Frankfort - dr. Dries Lessing
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 – dr. Neil Nixon
Parys – drs. Wessels and Van den Berg
Viljoenskroon - dr. Johan Kahts
Villiers - drs. I. Hattingh and W.D. Hauptfleish
Winburg – drs. Albertyn and Albertyn
Zastron – dr. Phillip Brandt
KwaZulu-Natal (15)
Bergville - drs. Ariena Shepherd
Dundee – dr. Jacqui Marais
Eshowe – drs. Pryke and Hoffman
Estcourt – drs.Turner, Tedder, Taylor, Tratschler, Van Rooyen and Alwar
Greytown – dr. Mike Caldicott
Howick – drs. Hughes, Lund, Gordon, Allison and Taylor
Kokstad – drs. Clowes and Shivers
Mooi River – drs. Fowler, Hartley and Mallet
Mtubatuba – dr. Trever Viljoen
Pietermaritzburg – dr. Phillip Kretzmann
Pietermaritzburg – dr. Rick Mapham
Pongola – dr. Heinz Kohrs
Underberg - drs. Collins, King and Delaney
Underberg – dr. Pete Dommett
Vryheid – dr. Gert Theron
Eastern Cape (9)
Adelaide – dr. Steve Cockroft
Alexandria - dr. Johan Olivier
Aliwal North – drs. Troskie and Strauss
Cradock – dr. Frans Erasmus
Graaff- Reinet - dr. Roland Larson
Humansdorp - drs. Van Niekerk, Jansen Van Vuuren, Barker and Kotze
Somerset East – drs Farrel and Louw
Stutterheim – dr. Dave Waterman
Jeffreys Bay – drs. Lategan, Hoek and McFarlane
Western Cape (15)
Beaufort West – drs. Pienaar and Grobler
Caledon – drs. Retief and Rissik
Ceres – dr. Marc Walton
Darling – drs. Van der Merwe and Adam
George - drs. Strydom, Truter and Pettifer
Heidelberg – dr. Albert van Zyl
Malmesbury – drs. Bosman and Groenewald
Malmesbury – dr. Otto Kriek
Oudtshoorn – dr. Glen Carlisle
Riversdal – 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 (4)
Calvinia – drs.Dirk and Lizanne de Beer
Kathu – dr. Jan Vorster
Kimberley – drs. Van Heerden and Swart
Upington - dr. Ian Vorster
Feed lots (1)
Drs. Morris and Du Preez
Laboratory reports (3)
Summary of reports received in April 2014 Internal parasites Roundworms Due to late rains that fell in many parts of the country roundworm infestations and especially wireworm were widespread. Numerous outbreaks led to production losses and mortalities. Lambs were the most susceptible animals. In the feedlots many deaths were reported. More and more reports of parasites resistant to various anthelmintic groups are received. Farmers should ask their veterinarian to assist them in doing tests to assess which drug groups are to be used for parasite control. Tapeworms Lambs were the most vulnerable class affected. These parasites could also be resistant to certain anthelmintic groups. Alarming was the report from the feedlots that the incidence of measles is increasing probably due to polluted water sources. The loss of a positive calf could mean a loss of about a R1 000. Flukes Animals will most probably be put to grazing in vleis during the upcoming winter. Water sources and with them the intermediate hosts (snails) will concentrate and outbreaks of liver fluke and conical fluke will occur. Contact your local veterinarian for a preventative control programme before animals are put into vleis for grazing. External parasites Blue ticks Numerous reports were received of African and Asiatic red water, Anaplasmosis and Lumpy skin disease transmitted by these ticks. It is imperative that preventative measures are in place to control these parasites and diseases. Bont-‐legged ticks These ticks caused foot abscesses and sores and bacterial infections entering these wounds resulted in abscesses and sitting disease as reported by feedlot vets. Cases of sweating sickness were reported. These ticks also attach in the tail switch where they are difficult to see. Bont ticks These ticks transmit heartwater and reports of this deadly disease were received. With their long mouth parts causing wounds, bacteria enter leading to abscesses.
Dr. Marijke Henton -Idexx SA Johannesburg
Dr. Annelize Jonker – State Vet Lab, Stellenbosch
Dr. Lucy Lange – Pathcare, Cape town
Brown ear-‐ticks The best time to control these three host ticks is during autumn and winter time when larval stage is prevalent on cattle. Tick paralysis The Karoo paralysis ticks are causing problems after cold spells and the first outbreaks were reported. Other external parasites that caused problems were flies (opthalmia), biting flies (anaplasmosis, lumpy skin disease), blow flies (fly strike,wool loss), screw worm (sores and abscesses), tstetse flies (nagana) midges (blue tongue, African Horse sickness) and mites (sheep scab, mange, wool loss). Venereal diseases Biosecurity measures should not be slackened especially to prevent trichomonosis and vibriosis causing huge economic losses. Discuss the testing of the herd for these diseases with your veterinarian. Bovine brucellosis To control and eradicate this zoonotic disease needs an immense effort of all role players (State veterinary services, private veterinarians, farmers, farm workers, farmer and breeder associations, auctioneers, etc). Other diseases Bacterial diseases Diseases reported that were caused by bacteria were E. coli, salmonellosis, Corynebacterium, clostridial diseases such as blackquarter,swelled head, red gut, blood gut, botulism, tetanus, pasteurellosis, enzootic abortion, opthalmia, mastitis Viral diseases A few cases of IBR, BVD, Enzootic bovine leucosis, warts and orf were reported Toxicities The following were reported: Cardiac glycoside poisoning (witstorm, vaalstorm, tulip, slangkop), Cestrum, Cynanchum poisoning, facial exzema, geeldikkop/dikoor, kikuyu, Lantana, prussic acid, seneciosis, vermeersiekte, water contamination, urea, blue green algae and snake bite. For other conditions and multifactorial diseases refer to the detailed report.
Dr Danie Odendaal of the Veterinarian Network has kindly given the LHPG permission to publish the 4 approaches to disease prevention. These 4 steps form the basis to help farmers to reduce the risk of disease on the farm. Contact your veterinarian to find out more about the disease monitoring system of the Veterinarian Network.
The 4 Approaches to Disease Prevention
1.Increase general resistance,
2.Increase specific resistance,
3.Decrease exposure and
4.Prevent exposure.
The development process of every disease is different and therefore the prevention or management of every disease also needs a different approach to prevent or interrupt the process. Basically, 4 approaches are used in the prevention of specific diseases. These approaches can be used as a single approach but in most cases a combination of two or more approaches is used to reduce the risk of disease. These approaches will now be discussed in the context of disease resistance on a herd health basis.
General Disease Resistance Within a dairy cattle population, there will be different levels of resistance to a specific disease between animals, even if the animals have not been exposed to the disease before. If the level of resistance is depicted in a graph it normally forms a “Bell curve”-‐
1.A few animals have no or little resistance (left hand side of the curve).
2.Most of the animals have an average level of resistance (middle part of the graph). 3.A few animals have very good resistance (right hand side of the curve). In the middle of this graph is a line that depicts the cut-‐off point which is the minimum resistance needed to prevent the animal from becoming sick .
For demonstration purposes we now express the number of animals at each level of resistance in a cumulative format in order to easily determine the number of animals below the cut-‐off point (susceptible animals). In this example herd of 430 animals there are 240 animals below the cut-‐off point and for the purposes of this demonstration they are then identified as animals that can become sick if the herd is exposed to a specific disease.
General disease resistance is influenced by many factors like breed, sex, age, stage of production and especially nutritional status.
Impact of Increased Exposure or Decreased Resistance
The number of animals that become sick can to a very large extent be influenced by two factors:
1.Increase in the number of disease-‐causing organisms that the animal is exposed to. 2.A decrease in the general resistance due to factors like underfeeding, especially during critical stages in the production cycle like just after calving. The level of general disease resistance will play a larger (e.g. “dirty cows” =
endometritis) or smaller (e.g. lumpy skin disease) role depending on the type of disease-‐causing organism or factor involved. Increased exposure for example can move the cut-‐off point to the right, meaning that a larger part of the population becomes susceptible to a specific disease.
An increase in exposure can have a dramatic effect on the extra number of animals that will become susceptible. In this example it increased from 240 to 370 animals, due to an increase in exposure to the disease-‐causing organisms. An example of how this occurs in practice is if a few animals in an unvaccinated herd become sick, the disease-‐causing organisms multiply in these animals and cause a very high exposure to the rest of the animals in the herd.
Disease Prevention Strategies In most instances more than one approach to disease prevention must be employed in order to effectively control a disease, especially in a dairy herd that needs to produce on a daily basis. Controlling a very complex disease like Staphylococcus areus mastitis in a herd is such an example.
1.Firstly the general disease resistance must be improved by good parasite control and good nutritional management, especially during the dry period and after calving. On its own, this approach cannot control the spread of this infectious form of mastitis.
2.Secondly the specific resistance against this disease-‐causing organism must be stimulated. This was not possible before but with the new effective vaccine which will be on the market shortly, this will be possible. 3.Thirdly the level of exposure must be decreased through identification and culling of chronically affected carrier animals and the use of effective dry cow mastitis remedies prescribed by the herd veterinarian.
If more than one approach to disease prevention is used effectively in combination, up to a 100% of a vaccinated herd can be protected. It must still be appreciated that there is a large variation between the prevention approaches needed for all the different diseases that affect dairy animals. Some industry specific disease like claw infections will always occur, but need to be managed in such a way as not to exceed a set limit.
The fourth and final approach to disease prevention is to prevent exposure completely. This is most important in the case of diseases for which there are no vaccines, no treatment available, or where the herd is currently free of this disease. Most of our state controlled diseases can be named as examples: •Bovine tuberculosis •Foot and mouth disease (controlled without vaccination in the disease-‐free area of South Africa). Certain uncontrolled diseases from which the herd is currently free must also be prevented by this approach, for example Johne’s disease. In this case a large part of the herd is very susceptible, either because the animals were never exposed to this disease, or because no vaccination is available to increase the specific resistance of the animals. General resistance will not protect all the animals in the herd against these diseases if new animal are introduced into the herd. Disease reporting and an early warning system are needed to reduce the risk of new diseases entering a farm.
Very good biosecurity measures are needed to keep these diseases out of the herd which include: •Only buying in tested disease-‐free animals. •Limit the movement of people and trucks on the farm. •Quarantine facilities for animals that enter the farm. •Good perimeter fences and gates. Reports received from 94 practices and laboratories during April 2014
Month: Nov 2011
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
External Parasites
Blue ticks, Resistant 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, Corridor disease
Insect Transmittable Diseases Lumpy skin disease, Three-day-stiffsickness, Blue tongue, Nagana
Venereal Diseases Trichomonosis, Vibriosis
Bacterial Disease (other)
Blackquarter, Pulpy Kidney, Swelled head disease, Redgut (cattle), Blood gut (Sheep), Tetanus, Botulism, Salmonellosis , Brucella abortus, Brucella
ovis, Bovine Tuberculosis, Leptospirosis, Pseudomonas, Septicaemia, Enzootic Abortion, E.coli, Bovine Dermatophilosis (Senkobo disease),
Fusibacterium necrophorum
Protozoal diseases (other) Coccidiosis
Fungal diseases Ringworm
Viral Diseases (other)
BMC, Rabies, BVD (Bovine viral diarrhoea), IBR (Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis), BRSV (Bovine respiratory syncytial virus), Enzootic
Bovine Leucosis (EBL), Orf, Warts
Poisonings (Plant)
Cardiac glycoside poisoning, Cestrum, Cynanchum poisoning, Facial eczema, Geeldikkop/Dikoor, Kikuyu poisoning, Lantana, Other, Prussic
acid poisoning, Seneciosis, Tulip Poisoning, Vermeersiekte (Gaigeria spp.)
Poisonings Water contamination, Urea Poisoning, Snake Bite, Blue-green algae
Macro Nutritional Problems
Energy deficiency, Protein deficiency, Phosphate deficiency, Calcium deficiency
Micro Nutritional Problems
Copper deficiency, Zinc deficiency, Selenium deficiency, Vitamin A deficiency
Multi-factorial Disease Conditions
Abortions, 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, Redgut (Sheep)
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
Residues Drug residues
Internal Parasites
Roundworms in general ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.2 (10) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (5) 2.9 (7) 2.6 (19) 2.5 (4) 2.3 (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 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (6) Dairy 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.7 (6) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (3) 3.0 (6) 2.9 (9) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.7 (3) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Sheep: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Dairy: 1 Haemonchus infestation with severe anaemia and emaciation: malnutrition a contributing factor
Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Krugersdorp, Krugersdorp Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Sheep: 3 Limpopo
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Sheep: 2
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Sheep: 3
Deaths 3 weeks after dosing. Farmers are still buying anthelmintics on the recommendations of the cooperatives while there are worm resistance to most of the products. Some farmers treat the lambs only against tape worm,
deaths occur due to roundworm infestation Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Sheep: 2
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Sheep: 3
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1, Dairy: 1, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Sheep: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Sheep: 3
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Sheep: 3
Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Eastern Cape
Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie Sheep: 2
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 3, Goat: 3
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 2
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Goat: 2 Long-necked bankruptworm in kids, severely affected.
George, George Animal Hospital Sheep: 3
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Northern Cape Kathu, Kathu Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2
Resistant Round Worms ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (8) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (4) 2.5 (6) 2.4 (5) 2.5 (4) 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
Sheep 2.5 (6) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (3) 2.5 (6) 2.4 (5) 2.5 (4) 3.0 (2) Goat 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2, Goat: 1 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Sheep: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Goat: 2 Overstocking of farm
Standerton, Econovet Sheep: 3 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Sheep: 2 Limpopo
Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Wireworm resistance to macrocyclic lactones, benzimidazoles, salicylanilides
Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 3
Free State Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital
Sheep: 3 Wireworm
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Sheep: 3
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Sheep: 1
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 3
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Sheep: 2 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Sheep: 3 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Sheep: 3 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Sheep: 2 Particularly a problem in autumn. Drug resistance is a factor and many farmers still not educated in terms of
working with resistance/ detecting resistance and clever treatment strategies (holistic). It’s still a mind set of treat all (blanket treatment).
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Sheep: 2
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Sheep: 2 Cradock, Cradock Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Resistance to levamisole, closantel, macrocyclic lactones, benzimidazoles
Western Cape George, George Animal Hospital
Sheep: 3 Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3
Wireworm ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (8) 3.0 (2) 2.6 (13) 2.9 (8) 2.5 (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
Dairy 1.0 (1)
Sheep 2.5 (6) 3.0 (1) 2.7 (11) 2.8 (6) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2)
Goat 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (2) Mpumalanga
Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer Sheep: 2
Moxidectin resistance Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Dairy: 1 Haemonchus infestation with severe anaemia and emaciation: malnutrition a contributing factor
Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital Sheep: 3
Standerton, Econovet Sheep: 3 Limpopo
Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Wireworm causing severe production losses and deaths in both the small stock and game industry Goat: 3
Free State Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital
Sheep: 3 Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Sheep: 3 Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Ladybrand, Ladybrand Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1, Goat: 1 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Eastern Cape
Adelaide, Adelaide Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 3
Cradock, Cradock Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 3
Wireworm infestation in sheep on irrigated pastures Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Perennial problem for farmers
Goat: 3 Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 3 Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Western Cape
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Northern Cape De Aar, De Aar Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Kimberley, Kimberley Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3
Brown stomach-worm ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 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
Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Western Cape Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 2 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
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Tape Worms ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.6 (8) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 1.9 (7) 2.0 (5) 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) 1.5 (2) Dairy 1.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (3) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (5) 2.0 (4) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Goat 1.7 (3) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Dairy: 1, Sheep: 1, Goat: 1 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinêre Spreekkamer
Sheep: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Goat: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2
North West Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Sheep: 3
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Sheep: 1
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 1, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Sheep: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Sheep: 2
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Sheep: 2
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Sheep: 2 Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Goat: 1 Western Cape
Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 1 One flock
Parafilaria ^
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
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Liver fluke ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.2 (5) 1.9 (9) 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 2.5 (2) 1.0 (3) 2.0 (6) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Sheep: 2 Free State
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1, Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 1, Sheep: 1
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 1
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Sheep: 2
Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Western Cape George, George Animal Hospital
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Conical Flukes ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (2) 1.8 (4) 3.0 (1) 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) 2.0 (3) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 3
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Western Cape
Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2 2 herds
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Cysticercosis ^
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 3.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 1 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 3 Cases at local abattoir diagnosed on meat inspection: all animals ex-feedlot
External Parasites
Blue ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (12) 1.8 (4) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (3) 2.5 (8) 2.6 (16) 2.5 (4) 2.4 (5)
Level of importance scale: 1 = one case, 2 = more than one case but less than ten and 3 = more than 10 cases reported
Beef 2.4 (9) 1.7 (3) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (3) 2.6 (7) 2.6 (15) 2.5 (4) 2.3 (3) Dairy 1.7 (3) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Blue ticks parasitize cattle on a large scale before winter. Slight frost was seen on a few farms and some cattle
had severe tick infestation causing anaemia. Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2, Dairy: 1 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 3, Dairy: 1 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Limpopo Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 3 North West
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Beef: 3
Blue tick peak in autumn Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Free State
Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 2
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 3 Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy
Beef: 3 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 3 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 3 Pietermaritzburg, Dr Rick Mapham Cosultancy
Beef: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 3 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 3 Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg
Beef: 2 Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 3
Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie Beef: 2
Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Western Cape Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 3, Sheep: 2 Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Vredenburg, Vredenburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2
Resistant blue Ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 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 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.3 (4) Dairy 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Dairy: 1
Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital Beef: 1
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Heartwater (Bont) ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 2.0 (4) 2.3 (7) 3.0 (4) 2.5 (15) 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 (2) 1.7 (3) 2.3 (4) 3.0 (2) 2.4 (7) 3.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.7 (3) Goat 2.0 (1) 2.5 (4)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 3 Lowveld always an endemic area for Bont ticks
Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Limpopo
Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
North West Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Goat: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 3, Goat: 3
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 3
Brown ear-ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 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 (2) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.4 (5) Dairy 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Limpopo
Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 2
North West Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 1
Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy Beef: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 3
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 2
Bont-legged ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.3 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (8) 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 1.3 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.2 (5) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 1.5 (2) Sheep 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 North West
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Beef: 2
Free State Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Dairy: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Eastern Cape
Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Red-legged ticks ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 1.0 (2) 2.3 (6) 2.5 (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
Beef 1.5 (2) 1.0 (2) 2.7 (3) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (2) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Free State Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Eastern Cape Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3
Paralysis ticks ^
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)
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) Sheep 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Sheep: 1
Eastern Cape Cradock, Cradock Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Earlier occurrence than normal
Biting lice (red lice) ^
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) Kwazulu-Natal
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Sheep: 2
Sucking lice (blue lice) ^
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) Kwazulu-Natal
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Sheep: 2
Scab mites ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 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
Sheep 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Sheep: 1
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 1
Farmer bought a few rams at an auction but fortunately kept them in a quarantine camp. While they were in quarantine the farmer heard that the farm of origin had an outbreak of sheep scab. Rams were treated before
they came in contact with other sheep.
Mange Mites ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 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 1.0 (2) Dairy 2.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1
Nuisance Flies ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (7) 3.0 (1) 2.7 (3) 2.8 (13) 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 reported
Beef 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.7 (6) 2.7 (3) Dairy 2.0 (3) Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.8 (4) 3.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1) 3.0 (3)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Goat: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 North West
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 3, Goat: 3 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Western Cape
Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Blowflies ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (3) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (3) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (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) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.3 (3) Goat 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Sheep: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
North West Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Free State
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Sheep: 2 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Sheep: 3 Western Cape
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3
Screw-worm ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (4) 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 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (2) Goat 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Limpopo
Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek Beef: 2
North West Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 1
Nasal bot larvae ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (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 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Mpumalanga
Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek Sheep: 1 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 3
Western Cape Darling, Darling Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3
Midges ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.8 (6) 2.8 (12) 2.8 (5) 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 2.0 (1) 2.8 (5) 3.0 (2) 3.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (3) 2.8 (5) 2.7 (3) 3.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1, Sheep: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Sheep: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Dairy: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 3
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Sheep: 2
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Western Cape
Darling, Darling Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 3, Sheep: 3
Tick-borne Diseases
African red water ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (4) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (4) 2.5 (12) 2.3 (3) 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 2.3 (3) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (4) 2.5 (11) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (3) Dairy 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3, Dairy: 1 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinêre Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 North West
Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Free State Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Mainly Africa Redwater, blue tick explosion after the good rains in March
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 3 Number of cases is slowly decreasing as winter approaches
Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy Beef: 1
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Dr Rick Mapham Cosultancy Beef: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 3 Due to increase in tick numbers there have been reports and signs of outbreaks either resulting in deaths or
clinical cases. Mainly happening in herds that have not been vaccinated or where the farmer has forgotten. Most of the time the herds/groups are blocked with Diminazene/ Imidocard
Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Dairy: 2 Western Cape
Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 3
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 1
Asiatic red water ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (10) 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 2.2 (5) 2.2 (11) 2.6 (5) 3.0 (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 1.9 (9) 2.0 (2) 2.5 (2) 2.2 (5) 2.2 (10) 2.7 (3) 3.0 (3) Dairy 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 1 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 1 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 3 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Krugersdorp, Krugersdorp Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 2 Free State
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 2 Number of cases is slowly decreasing as winter approaches
Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Greytown, Greytown Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Due to increase in tick numbers there have been reports and signs of outbreaks either resulting in deaths or clinical cases. Mainly happening in herds that have not been vaccinated or where the farmer has forgotten. Most
of the time the herds/groups are blocked with Diminazene/ Imidocard Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 3
Acute outbreaks on 3 farms Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Dairy: 3 Stutterheim, Stutterheim Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Farmers are dipping too clean and not maintaining endemic stability. Chemical blocking is prolonging the problem.
Strongly advocate blooding. Acute outbreaks occur and there is often poor response to treatment. Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 3
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Red water cases occur where poor tick control takes place. Farmers advised to step up tick control. Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3
Anaplasmosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.6 (7) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.1 (10) 2.2 (6) 1.5 (4) 1.8 (10) 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 1.2 (5) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (8) 2.0 (5) 1.5 (2) 1.8 (9) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Limpopo Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 1 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Vryburg, Molopo Dierespreekkamer Beef: 2
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 2 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 We saw acute deaths in 2 -3 year animals. Blood smears were loaded with organisms
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Ladybrand, Ladybrand Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Outbreak in first calving heifers that were not vaccinated Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 3
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Dairy: 2 Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 1 Stutterheim, Stutterheim Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Disease is spreading and it is very frustrating to control and treat. Blooding is strongly advocated.
Western Cape Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 2 Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1 Darling, Darling Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 George, George Animal Hospital
Beef: 2 Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Resistant parasites on one farm lost 10 and on another farm 25 animals
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Vredenburg, Vredenburg Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Northern Cape Kimberley, Kimberley Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
Heartwater ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (3) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (4) 2.8 (4) 1.9 (15) 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 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 1.8 (6) 2.0 (2) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 1.8 (4) 3.0 (1) Goat 3.0 (1) 2.0 (4) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Beef: 1 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 1 North West
Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Seen in a new herd brought in from the Brits area. No vaccine or block treatment were given. Multiple deaths
occurred. Diseased animals if seen early were treated with doxycycline and they recovered Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Goat: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 1, Sheep: 1, Goat: 1
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 1, Sheep: 1, Goat: 1
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1, Goat: 1
Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Sweating Sickness ^
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) 2.3 (3) Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Beef: 2
Limpopo Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg
Beef: 2 Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3
Corridor disease ^
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) Kwazulu-Natal
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 3
This is a serious problem
Insect Transmittable Diseases
Lumpy skin disease ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (11) 3.0 (2) 2.1 (7) 2.1 (7) 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 2.4 (8) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (5) 2.3 (6) 1.5 (2) Dairy 2.7 (3) 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2, Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 3 Massive outbreaks up to 100 animals in a herd
Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Tzaneen, Tzaneen Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Dairy: 2
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 2, Dairy: 1 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 2 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 3 Transmission by ticks of lumpy skin disease makes perfect sense as this disease is now an all year problem.
Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Beef: 1 Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Three outbreaks recorded
Three-day-stiffsickness ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.6 (10) 2.7 (3) 2.0 (3) 2.3 (6) 2.3 (9) 2.6 (10) 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 2.5 (8) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (3) 2.3 (6) 2.3 (7) 2.7 (9) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 3.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2, Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Krugersdorp, Krugersdorp Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 3
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Due to the unavailability of vaccine last year most farmers reported cases of three day stiff sickness
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 1 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital Beef: 1
Three day stiff sickness in a bull Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Dairy: 2 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Ladybrand, Ladybrand Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3
Mild cases still seen Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 2, Dairy: 2 Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy
Beef: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 3 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 3 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 3 Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Eastern Cape
Cradock, Cradock Veterinary Clinic Beef: 1
Three day stiff sickness in a bull Western Cape
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Blue tongue ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.2 (5) 1.0 (2) 2.3 (6) 2.6 (10) 2.0 (6) 2.5 (2) 2.8 (4) 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
Sheep 2.2 (5) 1.0 (2) 2.6 (5) 2.6 (9) 2.0 (6) 2.5 (2) 2.8 (4) 3.0 (3) Goat 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Sheep: 3 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Sheep: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Sheep: 3
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic Goat: 1
Free State Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 3 Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 More outbreaks seen mainly with subsistence farmers with 20 -30 sheep, the 100 dose packs are too expensive to
buy Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Sheep: 2
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Sheep: 3
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Sheep: 1
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Sheep: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Sheep: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Sheep: 1
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Sheep: 2 Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Many more cases seen in the first two weeks of this month
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Sheep: 3 Blue tongue was recorded on most farms in all districts. Mostly in un-vaccinated young animals. Also in un-
vaccinated Merinos. Animals that were vaccinated once had significant less mortality. Darling, Darling Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Blue tongue in 3 flocks
Northern Cape De Aar, De Aar Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Kimberley, Kimberley Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3
Nagana ^
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) Kwazulu-Natal
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 3
Venereal Diseases
Trichomonosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.5 (6) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (3) 1.9 (8) 1.8 (5) 1.5 (2) 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 2.5 (6) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (3) 1.9 (8) 1.8 (5) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (2) Mpumalanga
Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste Beef: 3
Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital Beef: 3
Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2
North West Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 2 Tested heifers and 2 out of 4 positive
Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Vryburg, Molopo Dierespreekkamer Beef: 2
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 1 Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1 Bull positive
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Biosecurity and perimeter fences not up to standard on this specific farm Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3
Numerous cases with resultant poor conception and pyometra’s in the herd Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 2 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 1 Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Adelaide, Adelaide Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Twopositive bulls Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Beef: 1 Northern Cape
Kimberley, Kimberley Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Vibriosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North Free Kwazulu- Eastern Western Northern
West State Natal Cape Cape Cape
Average 2.0 (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 2.0 (4) 1.0 (1) Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 2
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1
Bacterial Disease (other)
Blackquarter ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.7 (3) 1.9 (7) 2.2 (5) 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) 2.0 (6) 2.2 (5) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Beef: 1, Sheep: 1
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
This year and month have been overrepresented as far as Clostridial myositis outbreaks in herds are concerned. Higher rainfall? Increase in nutrient composition and lack of following up with booster vaccinations contributed to
the problem. Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Adelaide, Adelaide Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 1
Pulpy Kidney ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (4) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (3) 2.3 (7) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 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 3.0 (1) Sheep 1.5 (4) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (7) 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Goat 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Standerton, Econovet
Sheep: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Sheep: 3
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 1 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Sheep: 2
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Sheep: 1 Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Western Cape
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Northern Cape Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Pulpy kidney especially in sheep of upcoming farmers. More than 200 individual cases in sheep that were not
vaccinated
Swelled head disease ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.0 (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 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Gauteng Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 1 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Sheep: 2 Eastern Cape
Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 1
Redgut (cattle) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.7 (3) 2.0 (2) 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 1.7 (3) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Sheep: 1
Free State Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Six deaths due to Clostridium perfringens type A
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Dr Rick Mapham Cosultancy
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 2
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 2
Blood gut (Sheep) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 2.0 (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 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1) Free State
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Sheep: 2
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Sheep: 2
Western Cape Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3
Tetanus ^
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)
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 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Sheep: 1 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Sheep: 1
Botulism ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 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 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1
Salmonellosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 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 1.3 (3) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Dairy: 2 Preventative vaccination of pregnant cows during the dry period now implemented
Gauteng Bapsfontein, Bapsfontein Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 2 Salmonella Dublin
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Sheep: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Pietermaritzburg, Dr Rick Mapham Cosultancy
Beef: 1 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 1
Brucella abortus ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (3) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.7 (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 (2) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.7 (3) Dairy 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 3, Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Limpopo
Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
North West Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 3
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)
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) Free State
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 2
Northern Cape Upington, Upington Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Four adjacent farms with lambing percentages at 35 to 40%. About 80% of rams positive for Brucella ovis. On
semen evaluation 95% of positive ram's semen had 20-50% loose heads.
Bovine Tuberculosis ^
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) Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Leptospirosis ^
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
Beef 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2
Pseudomonas ^
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) Mpumalanga
Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste Dairy: 1
Septicaemia ^
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
Dairy 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Mpumalanga
Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste Dairy: 3
Eastern Cape Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Dairy: 2
Enzootic Abortion ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 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
Sheep 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1, Goat: 1 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 3
In two flocks severe abortions, up to 30% abortions. Free State
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg
Sheep: 3 Numerous abortions in two flocks (30% of ewes aborted)
E. coli ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (3) 2.5 (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 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 2
E.coli mastitis Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Eastern Cape
Calvinia, Calvinia Veeartskliniek Sheep: 3
Fifty deaths in lambs, underlying problem Chlamydiosis, on numerous farms Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Dairy: 2 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Abortions in beef herd, E.coli isolated
Bovine Dermatophilosis (Senkobo disease) ^
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) Mpumalanga
Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste Dairy: 2
Fusibacterium necrophorum ^
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
Dairy 3.0 (1) Mpumalanga
Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste Dairy: 3
Protozoal diseases (other)
Coccidiosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (3) 2.0 (3) 2.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (4) 2.2 (5) 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) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2) Goat 2.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Sheep: 3 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Goat: 2 Piet Retief, Pets Vet Hospital
Dairy: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Goat: 2
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 3
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Goat: 1
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Coccidiosis in lambs
Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
North West Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Sheep: 3
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Goat: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg
Sheep: 3 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 1
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Goat: 2 Angora kids
Fungal diseases
Ringworm ^
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) 2.0 (2) 1.3 (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 1.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 1.3 (3) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 1 Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Western Cape
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Viral Diseases (other)
BMC ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (3) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (4) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (4) 1.0 (1) 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 2.0 (3) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (4) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (4) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Mpumalanga
Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer Beef: 2
Cattle on a game farm Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Beef: 2 Vaalwater, Vaalwater Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 2 North West
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Free State Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 1 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Eastern Cape Adelaide, Adelaide Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Four cases
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Beef: 1 BMC in a buffalo
Rabies ^
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) Mpumalanga
Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 1
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) 2.0 (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 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1)
Limpopo Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 North West
Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 1
BVD in a stud bull Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Western Cape Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2
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 (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
Beef 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Free State
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 2 Western Cape
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
BRSV (Bovine respiratory syncytial virus) ^
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) Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 1
Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.3 (3) 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 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (2) Dairy 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 North West
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 1 Pietermaritzburg, Dr Rick Mapham Cosultancy
Beef: 1 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 2 Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 2
Western Cape Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital
Beef: 1 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1
Orf ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.3 (3) 1.0 (2) 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 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Goat 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Goat: 1 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Goat: 1
North West Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Goat: 2 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Free State
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Goat: 1 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Sheep: 1 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 1
Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Few hundred sheep were affected
Warts ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.2 (6) 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 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (5) 1.0 (1) 1.7 (3) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 North West
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Beef: 1 Western Cape
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 1
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Poisonings (Plant)
Cardiac glycoside poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 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 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1, Dairy: 1 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 2
Witstorm poisoning Northern Cape
De Aar, De Aar Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Vaalstorm Sheep: 2
Upington, Upington Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Suspect tulip or slangkop poisoning
Cestrum ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 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) 3.0 (1) North West
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Numerous cattle died Free State
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Ladybrand, Ladybrand Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 3
Eleven deaths on two farms
Cynanchum poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 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) Sheep 3.0 (1)
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 3 Six deaths on two farms
Western Cape Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3
Facial eczema ^
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 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Geeldikkop/Dikoor ^
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
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 1
Kikuyu poisoning ^
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) 3.0 (1) Kwazulu-Natal
Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Western Cape Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 10 calves were poisoned
Lantana ^
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) Kwazulu-Natal
Eshowe, Eshowe Veterinary Hospital Beef: 3
Indigenous cattle seem to be more resistant to Lantana poisoning
Other ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (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
Beef 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Mpumalanga
Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Soya poisoning Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Ergot due to Claviceps paspali Kwazulu-Natal
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Copper poisoning
Eastern Cape Stutterheim, Stutterheim Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Oak acorn poisoning, 54 weaners lost, exposed to acorns when weaned onto an overgrazed pasture with oak
trees. Nephrosis confirmed on histopathology. Western Cape
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 3
Poisoning due to mouldy silage
Prussic acid poisoning ^
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
Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 1
Seneciosis ^
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) Kwazulu-Natal
Pietermaritzburg, Dr Rick Mapham Cosultancy Beef: 1
Tulip Poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 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) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1)
North West Vryburg, Molopo Dierespreekkamer
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 1
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Beef: 2 Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Western Cape
Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
15 sheep died- tulip poisoning was confirmed Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital
Beef: 1
Vermeersiekte (Gaigeria spp.) ^
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) Mpumalanga
Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Poisonings
Water contamination ^
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 2.0 (1) Dairy 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Western Cape
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Urea Poisoning ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 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 (2) Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 1
Snake Bite ^
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) Mpumalanga
Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Blue-green algae ^
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)
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) Dairy 1.0 (1)
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 1 Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 1
Western Cape Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Beef: 1
Macro Nutritional Problems
Energy deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.8 (4) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (4) 3.0 (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
Beef 2.5 (2) 2.5 (2) 3.0 (2) Dairy 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Beef: 2, Dairy: 3 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 During this time of the year grazing has little nutritional value. Sheep appear to be fat and healthy but this is due to the wool fleece. However underneath there is no muscle and fat accumulation. Now is the time to supplement
energy through licks. Fortunately fields with soya become available. Sheep: 3
North West Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Sheep: 2 Energy and protein imbalance
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Farmers have changed to winter licks in April due to the fact that the cows are losing weight fast.
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 2
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 3 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 3 Too little energy and calcium and too much phosphate given
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3
Protein deficiency ^
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 (2) 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
Beef 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2
North West Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Sheep: 2 Energy and protein imbalance
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 2 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1, Dairy: 1 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Phosphate deficiency ^
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 (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) Dairy 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Free State Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 1
Calcium deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (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
Beef 2.5 (2) Dairy 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3
Free State Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Too little energy and calcium and too much phosphate given Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 3
Micro Nutritional Problems
Copper deficiency ^
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
Beef 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
North West Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Sheep: 2
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) Eastern Cape
Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Selenium deficiency ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (6) 2.7 (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 2.5 (4) 3.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2) Sheep 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 3 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 3, Dairy: 3
Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy Beef: 1
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Sheep: 1
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Dairy: 3 Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3
Vitamin A deficiency ^
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)
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) 3.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3
Multi-factorial Disease Conditions
Abortions ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (5) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (3) 2.3 (8) 2.0 (12) 2.0 (1) 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 2.0 (2) 3.0 (2) 2.0 (4) 2.1 (7) 2.0 (1) 2.3 (4) Dairy 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Sheep 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (4) 2.0 (4) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Standerton, Econovet
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Sheep: 1 Limpopo
Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Free State
Bothaville, Cape Cross Bothaville Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 1, Dairy: 1 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 2 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 3 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Western Cape Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet
Sheep: 1 Abortions due to Chlamydophyla (enzootic abortion)
Darling, Darling Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Abortions noted when dairy cows brought in for 100 day pregnancy diagnosis confirmation. Numerous resorbtions between 28-40 days after insemination.
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 2
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 2
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Northern Cape Kuruman, Kuruman Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Farmers contact veterinarian for advice but do not bring in cases for necropsy
Abscesses ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.7 (3) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (2) 3.0 (6) 2.1 (7) 2.2 (16) 1.5 (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) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (3) 2.0 (3) 2.3 (9) 1.7 (3) Dairy 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Sheep 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.3 (4) 2.5 (4) Goat 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Goat: 1
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2
Abscesses due to Trueperella (Corynebacterium) Limpopo
Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Tick bites causing abscesses on the prepuce. Intensive treatment was given to prevent scar tissue formation
Goat: 3 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Traumatic reticulo-pericarditis due to penetrating wire Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1, Dairy: 1, Goat: 1
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy Beef: 2
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Sheep: 2
Corynebacterium Western Cape
Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital Beef: 2
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 2
Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Abscesses in one herd Dairy: 1
Abscesses in one herd Goat: 1
Abscesses in one flock
Abscesses in general ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 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 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Dairy 3.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1, Sheep: 1
Free State Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Bladder stones ^
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
Blindness ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 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 (2) Sheep 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1)
Free State Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Blindness in 2 rams
Eastern Cape Stutterheim, Stutterheim Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2
Bloat ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (2) 1.5 (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 1.0 (1) 1.5 (2) Dairy 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Free State
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Western Cape Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2
Blood gut (sheep and goat) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North Free Kwazulu- Eastern Western Northern
West State Natal Cape Cape 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
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Blue udder ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 2.0 (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
Dairy 2.0 (2) Sheep 2.0 (2) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Free State
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 2
Western Cape Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Mannheimia haemolytica
Diarrhoea ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 2.3 (3) 2.2 (10) 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) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.2 (5) 2.0 (2) Dairy 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Diarrhoea in calves
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1, Dairy: 2, Goat: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Sheep: 2, Goat: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Western Cape Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1 Chronic diarrhoea - adult cow
Darling, Darling Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Wellington, Wellington Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Diarrhoea in two week old lambs probably water borne infection
Eye Cancer ^
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) 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 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 1
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 2 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Eye infections ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.8 (5) 1.8 (4) 2.0 (5) 3.0 (6) 2.5 (6) 2.4 (16) 2.5 (2) 2.0 (6) 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 (2) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (4) 3.0 (4) 2.4 (5) 2.4 (9) 2.0 (1) 1.8 (4) 2.5 (2) Dairy 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (4) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Goat 2.3 (3)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 2
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 1
Tzaneen, Tzaneen Dierekliniek Beef: 2
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 3 Stella, Stella Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Free State
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Beef: 3
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Ingogo, Gen XY Stud Beef Consultancy
Beef: 1 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Sheep: 1 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 3, Goat: 3 Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2, Goat: 2 Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 3 Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Eastern Cape
Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie Beef: 2
Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 3
Western Cape Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1 Removal of an eye due to ulceration
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 3
Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Animal Hospital Beef: 1
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Northern Cape De Aar, De Aar Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 2 Kathu, Kathu Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kimberley, Kimberley Dierekliniek
Beef: 3
Joint Ill ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (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 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Gauteng
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Sheep: 1 Limpopo
Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser Beef: 1
Free State Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 2
Western Cape Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 1 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2
Lameness/Foot Problems ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (5) 1.3 (3) 3.0 (2) 2.3 (12) 2.3 (14) 2.5 (6) 2.7 (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 1.5 (2) 1.5 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (7) 2.3 (8) 2.0 (1) 2.7 (3) Dairy 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (4) 2.5 (4) 2.5 (4) Goat 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Sheep: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Middelburg , Middelburg Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms Sheep: 1
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Limpopo Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Due to bont-legged ticks
Sheep: 3 Due to bont-legged ticks
Free State Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 3 Foot rot and abscesses
Sheep: 3 Foot rot and abscesses
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1, Sheep: 2 Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1, Dairy: 2
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Hyalomma (bont-legged ticks) ticks cause problems. Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 2 Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg
Sheep: 1 Eastern Cape
Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Cradock, Cradock Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 3
Severe problem Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic
Sheep: 3 Many cases of foot abscesses seen
Goat: 3 Many cases of foot abscesses seen
Somerset East, Bosberg Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Due to ticks (Rhipicephalus neumanni) Western Cape
Darling, Darling Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 3
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Lung infection ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.3 (7) 1.5 (4) 2.0 (3) 2.5 (8) 2.2 (12) 2.2 (11) 1.8 (6) 1.8 (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 2.3 (3) 1.0 (1) 2.2 (5) 2.1 (7) 2.2 (6) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Dairy 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Sheep 2.5 (2) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (3) 3.0 (2) 2.2 (5) 2.3 (3) 2.0 (4) 1.7 (6) 2.0 (1) Goat 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Gauteng
Bapsfontein, Bapsfontein Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Mainly Mannheimia haemolytica Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek
Goat: 1 Pretoria, Anima Veterinary Consulting Rooms
Sheep: 2 Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic
Beef: 1 Limpopo
Bela-Bela, Warmbad Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Machado, Blouberg Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek Sheep: 2
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3, Goat: 3 Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns
Beef: 2 Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Free State
Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital Sheep: 3
Pasteurellosis Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels
Beef: 3, Sheep: 3 Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Dundee, Endumeni Herd health Beef: 2
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 2, Dairy: 2
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 2
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Underberg, Waterford Farm, Underberg Sheep: 2
Eastern Cape Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer
Beef: 2 Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Sheep: 2 Calvinia, Calvinia Veeartskliniek
Sheep: 3 Pasteurellosis
Cradock, Cradock Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 1, Sheep: 1 Western Cape
Beaufort West, Beaufort West State Vet Sheep: 1
Pneumonia in blue tongue sheep due to secondary infections Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 2 Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 1 Darling, Darling Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 2 Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Beef: 2
Pasteurellosis Northern Cape
De Aar, De Aar Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Mastitis in general ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (3) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (2) 2.0 (4) 2.3 (8) 2.5 (2) 2.7 (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) 1.0 (2) 2.3 (3) 2.6 (5) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (4) Dairy 2.0 (3) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (2) Sheep 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Limpopo
Modimolle, Kranskop Dierekliniek Beef: 1
North West Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Rustenburg, Protea Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Free State
Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Severe resistant Staphylococcus mastitis Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal
Sheep: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic Sheep: 1
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 2
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2, Goat: 2
Pongola, Pongola Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Eastern Cape Cradock, Cradock Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 2 Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Dairy: 3 Western Cape
Darling, Darling Dierekliniek Beef: 2
George, George Animal Hospital Beef: 3
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 3
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek Beef: 2
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) 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) Dairy 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Free State
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 2
Redgut (Sheep) ^
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 Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek
Sheep: 2
Metabolic Diseases
Acidosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.5 (4) 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 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 2 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Nelspruit, Nelspruit Animal Hospital
Dairy: 1 Accidental intake of Litchi juice effluent from fruit juice factory
Free State Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 1
Displaced abomasum ^
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) Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 2
Ketosis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 3.0 (1) 1.7 (3) 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) Dairy 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Free State
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 1
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Sheep: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Dairy: 3 This complex of diseases is always present and is a result of Dry cow nutrition; DCAB and Energy/roughage. This
issue often occurs in the higher producing herds. Western Cape
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Milk Fever ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 1.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 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 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Dairy: 1
Kwazulu-Natal Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 1 Eastern Cape
Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic Dairy: 2
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 2
Western Cape Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 2
Reproductive diseases
Dystocia (Difficult Births) ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (6) 1.5 (4) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (4) 1.9 (20) 1.9 (10) 2.0 (4) 2.1 (7) 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) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (4) 1.8 (12) 2.2 (6) 2.0 (3) 2.3 (3)
Dairy 2.0 (2) 2.0 (3) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (2) Sheep 1.5 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (5) 1.5 (2) 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) Goat 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Ermelo, Joubertstraat Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Ermelo, Moregloed Veterinere Spreekkamer
Beef: 3 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 1 Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Kerkstraat Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Pretoria, Onderstepoort Academic Hospital and Production Animal Clinic Beef: 1, Sheep: 1
Limpopo Mokopane, Dr Henk Visser
Sheep: 2 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Schweizer-Reneke, NJ Heyns Beef: 2
Ventersdorp, Buffelsvlei Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Vryburg, Molopo Dierespreekkamer Beef: 2
Free State Bethlehem, Bethlehem Animal Hospital
Beef: 1
Bloemfontein, Dr Stephan Wessels Dairy: 2
Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Dewetsdorp, Platkop Dierekliniek Beef: 1
Ficksburg, Ficksburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek Beef: 1, Sheep: 1
Kroonstad, Kroonstad Dierehospitaal Beef: 2, Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2
Ladybrand, Ladybrand Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Parys, Parys Dierehospitaal Dairy: 2
Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 1, Sheep: 2
Winburg, Winburg Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Sheep: 1 Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Beef: 1, Dairy: 1 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 3 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 2 Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic
Beef: 2, Goat: 2 Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Eastern Cape
Alexandria, Alexandria Platteland Spreekkamer Beef: 2
Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie Beef: 2
Graaff-Reinet, Graaff Reinet Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 2
Western Cape Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital
Sheep: 2 Darling, Darling Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 2, Sheep: 2 Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Beef: 2 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3 Northern Cape
Kimberley, Kimberley Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Endometritis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.7 (3) 1.0 (1) 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 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 2 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 1
Eastern Cape Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Dairy: 2 Western Cape
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Dairy: 3
Metritis ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.4 (5) 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 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.8 (4) 2.7 (3) Dairy 2.0 (2) 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 1
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services Beef: 3
Mtubatuba, Mtubatuba Animal Clinic Beef: 2
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
This complex of diseases is always present and is a result of Dry cow nutrition; DCAB and Energy/roughage. This issue often occurs in the higher producing herds.
Western Cape Darling, Darling Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek
Dairy: 2 Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Beef: 2 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 3
Poor conception ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 2.0 (3) 3.0 (1) 2.2 (6) 2.6 (9) 2.5 (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) 3.0 (1) 2.0 (3) 2.9 (7) 2.0 (1) 2.5 (2) Dairy 2.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 3.0 (1) Sheep 2.3 (3) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste
Dairy: 3 Volksrust, Volksrust Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 North West
Christiana, Christiana Dierehospitaal Beef: 3
Free State Harrismith, Harrismith Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2 Poor conception in cows with calves during mating only 65% - 70% we expect it happened as a result of the dry
conditions during spring Sheep: 2
Memel, Memel Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap Beef: 2, Sheep: 2
Zastron, Zastron Dierekliniek Sheep: 3
Kwazulu-Natal Bergville, Tugela Vet Clinic
Sheep: 1 Dundee, Endumeni Herd health
Beef: 3 Generally very poor conceptions in beef cattle. The late season and poor condition have played a role as well as
too many bulls testing positive for trichomonosis. Very low Se levels were also found Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic
Dairy: 2 Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Kokstad, E.G.Veterinary Services
Beef: 2 Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic
Beef: 3 Late spring and summer rains. Poor grazing and cattle in poor condition at mating.
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 3
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 3
Usually multifactorial but attention needs to be paid to nutrition, most likely energy being the critical element. We had a slow start to the summer with a very dry spring and not very much food. We suspect an influence on beef
conceptions because of this. Vryheid, Vryheid Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 3 Very long winter, late rain, very cold December caused poor grass growth
Eastern Cape Aliwal North, Uitspan C Troskie
Beef: 2 Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Dairy: 3 Western Cape
Darling, Darling Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal Beef: 2
Retained afterbirth ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North Free Kwazulu- Eastern Western Northern
West State Natal Cape Cape Cape
Average 1.0 (2) 3.0 (1) 2.3 (3) 2.7 (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 1.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 2.7 (3) 2.0 (4) Dairy 1.0 (1) 2.0 (1) Sheep 2.0 (1) 1.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Dairy: 1 North West
Stella, Stella Dierekliniek Beef: 3
Free State Clocolan, Clocolan Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Viljoenskroon, Viljoenskroon Dierekliniek
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Howick, Howick Veterinary Clinic Beef: 3
Mooi River, Mooirivier Vet Clinic Beef: 3
Underberg, Underberg Veterinary Surgery Beef: 2
This complex of diseases is always present and is a result of Dry cow nutrition; DCAB and Energy/roughage. This issue often occurs in the higher producing herds.
Western Cape Ceres, Ceres Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Darling, Darling Dierekliniek
Beef: 3 Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal
Dairy: 2 Malmesbury, Dr Otto Kriek
Beef: 2 Swellendam, Swellendam Dierehospitaal
Beef: 2
Uterus prolapse ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.0 (2) 2.7 (3) 1.5 (4) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (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
Beef 1.0 (1) 2.5 (2) 1.3 (3) 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Dairy 1.0 (1) 1.0 (1) Sheep 3.0 (1) 2.0 (1) 1.7 (3)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Dairy: 1 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 North West
Leeudoringstad, Leeudoringstad Dierekliniek Beef: 3, Sheep: 3
Swartruggens, Swartruggens Veterinary Clinic Beef: 2
Free State Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Hoopstad, Hoopstad Dierekliniek
Beef: 1 Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 1, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Dairy: 1
Eastern Cape Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital
Beef: 1 Western Cape
Caledon, Overberg Veterinary Hospital Sheep: 2
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Beef: 1, Sheep: 2
Riversdal, Riversdal Dierekliniek Sheep: 1
Vaginal (Cervical) prolapse ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
Average 1.3 (4) 2.0 (3) 1.5 (2) 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 1.5 (2) 2.0 (2) 1.5 (2) 1.0 (1) Dairy 2.0 (1) Sheep 1.0 (2) 2.0 (1) 2.0 (1)
Mpumalanga Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek
Beef: 1, Sheep: 1 Bethal, Bethal Dierekliniek
Sheep: 1 Grootvlei, Grootvlei Dierekliniek
Beef: 2 Free State
Frankfort, Frankfort Dierekliniek Beef: 2
Villiers, Wilgepoort Dierekliniek Vennootskap
Beef: 2, Sheep: 2 Kwazulu-Natal
Estcourt, Estcourt Vet Clinic Beef: 1
Pietermaritzburg, Richmond Veterinay Clinic Beef: 2
Eastern Cape Humansdorp, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Beef: 1 Western Cape
Heidelberg WC, Heidelberg Dierekliniek Dairy: 2
Malmesbury, Bergzight Dierehospitaal Sheep: 2
Climatical Cause
Heat stress ^
PROVINCE Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo North West
Free State
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Northern Cape
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
Dairy 1.5 (2) Mpumalanga
Balfour, Balfour Dierekliniek Dairy: 1
Delmas, Delmas Konsultasie Dienste Dairy: 2
Residues
Drug residues ^
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
Dairy 3.0 (1) Eastern Cape
Jeffreys Bay, Cape Cross Veterinary Hospital Dairy: 3
Report received from dr. Marijke Henton – Idexx laboratories Johannesburg
Samples received at Idexx Laboratories
A large number of respiratory tract samples, mostly from cattle in feedlots, were received. So far, the samples yielded all the usual isolates; Mannheimia haemolytica [12], Pasteurella multocida [11], Histophilus somni [7], Mannheimia varigena [2], Mannheimia 8C [2], and Trueperella pyogenes [3].
Pasteurella multocida was also isolated from a case of mastitis in beef cattle. The calves showed respiratory signs as well, and they were probably the source of this unusual cause of mastitis in cattle.
Lung infections in sheep were more varied. One sheep had a combined infection of Mannheimia haemolytica and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, and others had respiratory disease due to Histophilus somni, Trueperella pyogenes, and Mannheimia haemolytica as single bacterial causes. A lamb had septicaemic Staphylococcus aureus, probably due to an umbilical infection.
A case of footrot in sheep, which was more severe than usual, was due to a combination of Trueperella pyogenes, Corynebacterium amycolatum and the anaerobe, Porphyromonas. Anaerobes and T. pyogenes act synergistically as each provides growth factors for the other to utilize.
Report received from dr. Lucy Lange: PathCare Vetlab (1 April – 5 Mei 2014)
Disease condition Specie District Comment Pneumonia/Pasteurella Cattle Country wide Hepatotoxicosis Cattle Country wide Campylobacter Cattle Country wide Confirmed with
PCR Tritrichomonas Cattle Country wide Confirmed with
PCR Septicaemia Cattle Country wide Snotsiekte Cattle Namibia Babesiosis Cattle Boland Susceptible
cattle brought in from endemic area
Tulip poisoning Cattle Noord-‐Kaap Shortly after god rains
CCN Cattle Boland Feedlot Hipoproteinaemia Cattle Country wide Neonatal septicaemia and pneumonia
Horses Country wide Especially in Boland
Sarcoid Horses Country wide Squamous cell carcinoma Horses Boland Melanoma Horses Boland Haemangioma Horses Boland Necrotic placentitis Horses Southern Cape
and Boland Abortion – negative for viruses and bacteria
Coccidiosis Horses Boland
Johnes disease Sheep Country wide Worms and coccidia Sheep Country wide Many cases Hipoproteinaemia Sheep West coast,
Namibia
Pneumonia/Pasteurella Sheep Southern Cape Pulpy kidney Sheep Country wide Septicaemia Sheep Country wide Coccidiosis Sheep Boland Blue tongue Sheep Country wide Orf Sheep Namibia Liver necrosis Sheep North West and
Free State Could not confirm plant poisoning. Negative for Rift Valley Fever
Poxvirus (?) Cheetah Namibia Dermatophytosis Bearded Dragon Boland
Feedlot report received from drs. Shaun Morris and Eben du Preez
Cattle
Newly weaned calves and calves bought at auctions were arriving at feedlots and with the change in weather conditions increased morbidity and mortality due to pneumonia were seen.
Anaplasmosis occurred and a few cases of red water were seen. Tick larvae were hidden in the long hair of the calves and were only seen if the hair coat was carefully scrutinized. Every year problems with ticks are seen till deep in winter. Anaplasmosis can occur at any time when periods of stress such as poor weather, nutritional problems and handling of animals take place.
Losses occurred where problems with feeding management occurred. Acidosis with cases of reed gut, bloat and vitamin B 1 deficiency contributed to losses. Abscesses in the liver are a direct result of acidosis and damage of the rumen wall.
Calves with abscesses under the tail usually arrive from areas where bont-‐legged ticks and bont ticks are prevalent. Sitting disease are seen sporadically when the infection spreads to the spinal column. Such animals do not recover and have to be euthanized. Abscesses in the neck are due to infected needles and syringes.
Many animals with ringworm were seen.
Foot rot were still seen when wet kraals were drying off. Hoof and leg problems are unwanted and usually occurs when cattle are loaded and transported to feedlots.
Measles are still a problem in cattle arriving from communal areas. However more and more cases are seen in cattle that were probably infected due to cattle drinking water from polluted rivers. A carcass infected with measles means a loss of about a R1 000.
Sheep
The wet weather and wet kraals led to numerous mortalities. It was mostly the weaker and lighter lambs that were affected.
Groups of lambs heavily infested with wireworm had the biggest problems with adaptation.
Cases of foot rot, foot abscess and blue tongue were seen as well as a few cases of pulpy kidney.
Salmonella infections occurred again this year with lambs having diarrhoea and they eventually die . Such lambs usually arrive at feedlots with a diarrhoea or start with a diarrhoea soon after arrival. This disease is probably induced due to the stress of transport and handling. The infection probably already occurred on the farm of origin.