Question NW1337 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
04 May 2023 - NW1337
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What are the reasons that veterinary research done by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC)-Onderstepoort does not provide results from a Transboundary Animal Diseases Programme laboratory in the form of phylogenetic trees and vaccine matching; (2) whether the ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research is still a reference centre for foot-and-mouth disease at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and Food and Agriculture Organisation; if not, (a) why not and (b) what steps has she taken to regain the status; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. The Transboundary Animal Diseases Programme always submits reports on time. The information relating to phylogenetic trees is always supplied to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development with each new outbreak and on request.
2. Yes. The ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research is still the reference laboratory for Foot and Mouth Disease at the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and Food and Agriculture Organisation.
(a),(b) Falls away.