New Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak in KZN prompts urgent biosecurity call

New Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak in KZN prompts urgent biosecurity call

The highly contagious animal virus foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in Central Europe. In recent days, cases have been identified on several farms in Hungary and Slovakia, leading to the culling of thousands of animals. No cases have yet been identified in Estonia, but the risk of the disease spreading is high.

The first record is from 1952. According to the chronicle, at least 10 cattle died. In 1975, the entire village went into total quarantine. They killed the entire herd. At least 300 animals. Karel Hradec observed it as a ten-year-old: "It wasn't a pretty sight."

The office took new measures from Sunday to stop the disease. The national chief veterinarian, in order to curb the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic, announced in March ... ...

Nébih has modified the measures against foot-and-mouth disease - The virus is now also spread by wind, but there is already a vaccine against it.

The national chief veterinarian will introduce new measures and modify existing ones from March 30 in order to curb the epidemic.