Farmer Angus CEO Angus McIntosh speaks to Lester Kiewit about why he believes mass vaccination is not the solution to South Africa’s ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. With beef and dairy prices climbing and the disease now spreading into high-biosecurity piggeries, McIntosh challenges the national vaccination drive announced after the outbreak was declared a national disaster by Cyril Ramaphosa. He argues that weakened animal immune systems, intensive farming practices, and poor cattle husbandry lie at the heart of the crisis, rather than a lack of pharmaceutical intervention. McIntosh also outlines the alternative farming methods he uses, the precautions on his own farms, and why he believes healthy, well-managed cattle are more resilient to disease.
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