The Eastern Cape of Africa is experiencing an outbreak of African horse sickness. According to a report on  iol.co.za, 15 cases of African horse sickness have been reported in the last six weeks, with 11 horses dead.

African horse sickness is a vector-transmitted viral disease with a mortality rate of 90% in horses. It is spread via the Culicoides species of biting midges

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