Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Rising Prices of Goat and Sheep Ahead of the Holidays

As the end-of-year holidays approach, consumers may face reduced availability and rising prices for certain meats. Goat and sheep are likely to become hard to find in markets.

Foot-and-mouth disease, detected in South Africa since May, has led to stricter controls on the importation of live animals. Now, every cattle, goat, or sheep must undergo two blood tests before being allowed in...