Foot and mouth disease

Europe News

Croatian farmers increasingly concerned by foot-and-mouth disease

Nearby countries such as Austria, Estonia and the Czech Republic have already implemented preventative measures after the disease was detected in Hungary and Slovakia.

10/04/2025

Europe News

Estonia and Czech Republic enforce measures to curb foot and mouth

Outbreaks of the disease, which affects primarily affects cattle and other livestock, have been reported in Hungary and Slovakia.

09/04/2025

Hungary

Videos of foot-and-mouth burial site in Hungary alarm local residents

Hungary last week reported its first outbreak of the disease in more than five decades, and at least 3,500 cattle have been affected in its northwest.

07/04/2025

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Austria shuts dozens of border crossings over foot-and-mouth outbreak

The disease poses no danger to humans and primarily affects cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals like swine, sheep and goats.

06/04/2025

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Foot-and-mouth disease: farm animals buried in northern Hungary

Thousands of slaughtered farm animals are set to be buried near Hungary's border with Austria after a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the town of Levél.

31/03/2025

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Thousands of animals killed after foot-and-mouth outbreak in Hungary

Authorities have already had to slaughter thousands of cattle and strict measures to control the epidemic are in place in both countries.

28/03/2025

Europe News

Slovakia declares state of emergency over foot and mouth disease cases

After at least four cases of the disease were detected, there are rising concerns about potential shortages of milk and meat.

26/03/2025

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Pre-emptive culling continues in Germany after FMD outbreak

More animals are continuing to be killed as a precautionary measure in Germany a few days after the first outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease in more than 35 years.

14/01/2025

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First foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany for 35 years

As a precaution animal transportation has been banned in Brandenburg state after the disease was detected in a buffalo herd just outside Berlin.

11/01/2025