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CURRENT STATUS OF THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN ZIMBABWE

ACWG MEETING OF 31 ST MAY 2012 Dr C Njagu (Division of Veterinary Field Services). CURRENT STATUS OF THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN ZIMBABWE. Importance of livestock for the “average” communal farmer. Rural livelihoods are based on agriculture Cropping and livestock

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CURRENT STATUS OF THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN ZIMBABWE

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  1. ACWG MEETING OF 31ST MAY 2012 Dr C Njagu (Division of Veterinary Field Services) CURRENT STATUS OF THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN ZIMBABWE

  2. Importance of livestock for the “average” communal farmer • Rural livelihoods are based on agriculture • Cropping and livestock • For subsistence and income generation • Cattle & donkey draught power forms the back-borne for crop production • Cattle = Servings Account • Small stock (goats, sheep, poultry, pigs) = Current Account • Diseases & droughts are the biggest threat to livestock

  3. - Current numbers and trends

  4. Disease Situation • FMD Situation • Gvt FMD control program • Tick Borne diseases • Gvt dipping program • Other Vector borne disease • Lumpy Skin Disease • Senkobo • No direct gvt program • Trypanosomosis • Gvt Tsetse control program • Soil borne diseases • Anthrax • GvtAntrax control program • Quarter Evil • Botulism • No direct gvt program

  5. FMD Outbreaks 2010 -2012 FMD Outbreaks 2012 FMD Outbreaks 2011 FMD Outbreaks 2010 FMD fence line A1 & A2 Farming Area Zimbabwe – Botswana FMD control project

  6. Poultry diseases • Newcastle Disease (ND) • Gvt Vaccination program • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) • Gvt Surveillance program • Infectious BursalDisease (IBD) • Fowl Pox • Fowl Choriza • No direct Gvt program • Small Stock Diseases • Clostridialdiseases • Heart water • Orf • Internal parasites • No direct Gvt program

  7. - Vaccinations • Vaccine availability • Sourced mainly from SA and Botswana by distributors • Accessibility, • Available in major towns • Cost • Generally cheap <$1 per dose

  8. Condition of pasture and outlook • The biggest threat to the livestock industry is the current drought • Southern part of the country the situation is very bad • Farmers have Already started relocating their animals.

  9. Drought Situation FMD fence line Matopos 70 000 cattle End of Year A1 & A2 Farming Area Bulilima South 40000 cattle End of Oct Mangwe South 50 000 cattle End of July Nuanetsi Assesment ongoing West Nicolson 70 000 cattle End of July Jopempi 30 000 cattle End of July

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