Foot-and-mouth detected on three farms in Slovakia

Slovakia has joined Germany and Hungary in losing its foot-and-mouth free status

Chris Brayford
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"We have seen a disturbing number of foot-and-mouth cases on the continent, and we need to stay on high alert to the risk of disease incursion – as a Government, at the border and on our farms."
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"We have seen a disturbing number of foot-and-mouth cases on the continent, and we need to stay on high alert to the risk of disease incursion – as a Government, at the border and on our farms."

A third country in mainland Europe has lost its foot-and-mouth disease free status. Slovakia Slovakian Agriculture Minister Richard Takac announced on Friday (March 21) that the disease had been detected...

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