Control measures remain in place to battle foot and mouth disease
Control measures remain in place on Saturday as Cyprus aims to stem the spread of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease which was detected in the Larnaca district earlier this month. As such, the ban on the movement of livestock and feed nationwide remains in place, with a 10-kilometre surveillance zone also being upheld. […]
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Foot and Mouth found in more Larnaca farms
New cases of Foot and Mouth disease were detected in 11 livestock units in Livadia and Oroklini, senior veterinary officer Sotiria Georgiadou said on Sunday, bringing the total of infected farms to 22. Initially, she continued, animals identified as infected amounted to 13,000, while the new cases concern around 2,000 cases in Livadia and about […]
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Cyprus received 529,000 doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine this morning after the European Commission dispatched the shipment from Lyon via Dubai, the Agriculture Ministry said. Veterinary Services have made arrangements to store the vaccines under the appropriate conditions, according to the ministry. The doses will be distributed to private veterinarians in accordance with a vaccination […]
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