US EditionIs the EU properly prepared to fight foot-and-mouth disease?
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Is the EU properly prepared to fight foot-and-mouth disease?
Following cases in Germany earlier this year and Hungary a few weeks ago, Slovakia is currently facing a significant outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Is the European Union properly prepared to fight this extremely contagious virus that is terrorising some livestock farms?
On Good Friday, almost a hundred trucks arrived in Pereszteg in Győr-Moson-Sopron County with thousands of cattle and pig carcasses in their cargo holds. They were brought to a former slaughterhouse next to the village, which was designated by the Operational Corps set up in the wake of foot and mouth disease. The people of Pereszteg were struck by this like a bolt from the blue; no authority or the local government said anything about the fact …
Renewed FMD concerns following European outbreak - Brownfield Ag News
Recent Foot and Mouth Disease cases in Europe are renewing concerns of a potential outbreak in the U.S. swine herd. FMD has been detected in Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia after maintaining several decades of negative status, leading to the culling of infected animals and restrictions on livestock movement. USDA research veterinary medical officer Dr. Jonathan […] The post Renewed FMD concerns following European outbreak appeared first on Brownf…
Serious accusation from Hungarian expert: Guest workers could have brought deadly virus to Hungary - DailyNewsHungary
György Raskó, a Hungarian agricultural economist, said there is an exceptional correlation between the nationality of the workers at dairy farms and the outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Hungary. He told Hungarian media that the number of Filipino, Indian and Sikh guest workers on Hungarian dairy farms may reach 5-600 due to the labour shortage. He added that Sikh or other guest workers did not spread the virus deliberately in Hungary. Hung…
"We are determined to do everything to avoid the worst-case scenario," Kefalas stressed.
It was going to happen, it was sung that was going to happen. Bichos de Campo has been telling this whole process from the beginning, giving voice to everyone involved. Everyone accuses and defends themselves. The only ones who do not speak, sadly, are the libertarian officials who must make the decisions. Diego Latorre, one of the owners of the Tecnovax laboratory, who had announced last year that he was going to start importing foot-and-mouth …
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