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Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon urges vigilance following reports of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Slovakia

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Slovakia enforces emergency measures following foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

BRATISLAVA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia has implemented a series of emergency measures in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, authorities announced Friday. Read full story

In the last month, customers in Slovenia received several consignments of animals that could pose a risk of introducing diseases.

The virus has been confirmed in three farms in the south of the country. The national epidemiological committee is also meeting.

The foot-and-mouth disease epidemic has been confirmed in two southern districts of Slovakia, the districts of Komárom and Dunaszerdahely, and in three cattle farms within them, Slovak Agriculture Minister Richard Takác announced on Friday.