{"id":82956,"date":"2026-04-14T10:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:26:47","slug":"human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak","title":{"rendered":"Human Activity Suspected in FMD Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Acting Minister of Lands and Agriculture Dr Edwin Dikoloti has revealed that the recent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak at the Ramatlabama Artificial Insemination (AI) Training Centre is suspected to have been spread through human activity.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media during a briefing in Gaborone on April 13, Dr Dikoloti indicated that preliminary investigations pointed toward lapses in biosecurity protocols, with the disease likely introduced through contaminated clothing, equipment, or other materials handled by people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigations revealed that no cattle had recently been introduced to or moved out of the farm, ruling out direct animal transmission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the FMD outbreak recorded on March 31 was initially detected at Ramatawama Artificial Insemination (AI) facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis development comes despite a significant investment of approximately US$ 9.4 million (over P100 million) in the biosecurity fence surrounding the facility,\u201d he said. The affected farm currently houses 258 animals.<\/p>\n<p>He said initial cases were identified within a group of 64 cattle, where two bulls showed clinical signs consistent with FMD.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting Minister also revealed that the FMD outbreak in Zone 11 had triggered strict movement restrictions on livestock, including the closure of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) abattoir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe closure has negatively impacted the gains that the Botswana Meat Commission had recently begun to realise,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that as a result of the outbreak, slaughter operations had been suspended at key facilities, including the Lobatse plant and other affected abattoirs, one of which had only recently secured licensing for domestic slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite these setbacks, BMC had managed to slaughter 12 291 cattle, with over 95 per cent originally earmarked for the European Union market, and payments to farmers reached approximately P156.6 million,\u201d he said.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Botswana<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Acting Minister of Lands and Agriculture Dr Edwin Dikoloti has revealed that the recent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak at the Ramatlabama Artificial Insemination (AI) Training Centre is suspected to have been spread through human activity. Addressing the media during a briefing in Gaborone on April 13, Dr Dikoloti indicated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-82956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Human Activity Suspected in FMD Outbreak - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Acting Minister of Lands and Agriculture Dr Edwin Dikoloti has revealed that the recent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Human Activity Suspected in FMD Outbreak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acting Minister of Lands and Agriculture Dr Edwin Dikoloti has revealed that the recent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-14T10:42:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-14T11:26:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2026\/04\/sm_1776152936.815133.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1657\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1104\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Human Activity Suspected in FMD Outbreak\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-14T10:42:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-14T11:26:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak\"},\"wordCount\":296,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2026\/04\/sm_1776152936.815133.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/human-activity-suspected-in-fmd-outbreak\",\"name\":\"Human Activity Suspected in FMD Outbreak - 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