17 January 2024 – The Buffalo Veterinary Procedural Notice (VPN) of 01 March 2017 has been re-instated with immediate effect.
The VPN was interdicted from being used in September 2017 through an interim court order. This court order required the applicants to take specific actions, which was never done.
The Directorate Animal Health, after taking legal advice to the effect that since the applicants did not take the required actions within the given time frames, the interim order has been discharged and no longer has any effect on the 01 March 2017 Buffalo VPN.
Therefore, and with immediate effect, the Buffalo VPN of 01 March 2017 must again be used as the procedural document for the keeping and moving of buffalo.
- DALLRD Letter: Re-instatement of the Buffalo Veterinary Procedural Notice
- Veterinary Procedural Notice for Buffalo Disease Risk Management in South Africa (also referred to as the Buffalo Veterinary Procedural Notice)
- Addendums
Click here to download the DALLRD Letter: Re-instatement of the Buffalo Veterinary Procedural Notice, or read below:
Buffalo VPN reinstatement letterClick here to download the Veterinary Procedural Notice for Buffalo Disease Risk Management in South Africa (also referred to as the Buffalo Veterinary Procedural Notice), or read below:
Buffalo Disease Risk Management VPN_Signed 2017-02-17Click to download:
- Addendum A: Application for the registration of land for keeping buffalo (2 pages)
- Addendum B: Guidelines for the collection of samples for disease testing and the interpretation of
diagnostic test results (3 pages) - Addendum C: Buffalo movement application form (3 pages)
- Addendum D: Stray buffalo control report form (1 page)
- Addendum E: Diagram of buffalo movement (2 pages)
- Addendum F: Request/acceptance form to be authorised by DAH (for assistance in stray buffalo
control) (2 pages)
