South Africa produces first local vaccine to combat foot-and-mouth disease

The country is facing its worst outbreak of the illness that infects cattle herds. But the first locally-produced vaccine could become a major ally in fighting the disease.

For South African livestock farmers, the past months were an ever-increasing desperate battle. Currently facing the worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in decades, they were struggling to protect their herds from getting infected.

Foot-and-mouth disease is rarely…