DEC 2007/VETERINERY ROAD BLOCKS IN THE CAPRIVI

Affecting visitors coming from Botswana or Zambia into Namibia, as well as people going to Zambia, for the prevention of the spread of Foot and Mouth disease.

MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS/PRODUCTS AND INFECTIOUS THINGS THROUGH VETERINARY ROAD BLOCKS, CAPRIVI.

1. The following animals/infectious things may not under any circumstances be allowed to pass through the road blocks from any infected area:
   
   
• All cloven hoofed animals (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and game.)
• Raw red meat
• Raw milk
• Grass, hay, straw, reeds, Lucerne
• Manure
• Hides and skins and second hand jute bags
• Bone, bone meal , carcass meal and blood meal
• Large quantities of firewood i.e., vehicle load
• Sour milk
• Other products that might pose a risk – contact State Veterinarian.
  
  
2. The following may cross the road block from an infected area:
   
   
• Dogs and cats
• Horses, donkeys and mules
• Live or frozen poultry and birds, feathers, eggs and raw meat of poultry and birds
• Fish, reptiles, frogs, worms
• Vegetables, fruit, wild, free from manure or blood
• Leafy vegetables such as cabbages, spinach, lettuce, celery, etc., if free from manure or blood.
• Butter, margarine, cheese in original container/package
• Sealed containers of pasteurized milk
• Cooked meat/canned products/polony, Vienna’s in original/vacume packed container
• Mealie – meal
• Quarry stones for construction
• Trophies (with taxidermy documents) wrapped in transparent material
  
  
3. The following may cross the road block after spraying with 5% washing soda
   
   
• Wood carvings, curios, mats, future manufactured from reads/grass
• Small quantities of firewood less than 20kg