Over 13,000 animals to be culled as EU experts to arrive in Cyprus with foot-and-mooth vaccines
Veterinary services and the Agriculture Ministry are mobilising to halt a disease outbreak affecting Cyprus’s livestock, with a team of EU experts due on the island tomorrow. The Veterinary Services a
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13,000 animals to be culled as EU experts head to Cyprus over FMD outbreak
Three experts from the European Commission are expected in Cyprus on Tuesday and Wednesday to help deal with the foot and mouth outbreak, while the culling of cows, sheep and goats has begun, with 13,000 animals expected to be put down over the next few days. Senior officer of the Veterinary Services Soteria Georgiades said […]
Read full article →Over 13,000 animals face slaughter as foot-and-mouth tightens grip on Cyprus
Approximately 14,000 animals have been affected and 13,000 face culling as foot-and-mouth disease spread to 11 livestock units across Larnaca district, prompting Cyprus to activate a national emergency plan and establish a round-the-clock crisis management centre. The scale of the outbreak — confirmed across farms in Livadia, Oroklini, Troulli and Aradippou — triggered a large-scale […]
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