Foot and Mouth Disease Alert, Prices of Beef Soar as Quarantine on Cattle is Sustained

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Traders dealing in beef products are under pressure as ministry of agriculture sustains quarantine on animals from Mbarara, Isingiro, Kiruhura and Lyantonde following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. NBS made a spot check to different abattoirs in the city center and found that with no immediate interventions the prices could only sour.