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Foot-and-mouth disease contained in Hungary, farm minister says
BUDAPEST, June 6 (Reuters) - Hungary has successfully contained an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, leading to the lifting of European Union restrictions, the country's farm minister Istvan Nagy told local news site in an interview published on Friday. Hungary reported its first case of foot-and-mouth disease for over 50 years in March, leading to infections in five farms near its border with Slovakia and Austria and triggering border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle. "There hasn't been a single new outbreak on the farms for over a month and a half. Disinfection work is ongoing, cleaning is happening at full speed, we're preparing for repopulation at all the sites ... the virus is gone," Nagy said. The farm minister also said that the European Union was lifting restrictions introduced after the outbreak. The disease, which poses no danger to humans, mostly affects cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals like swine, sheep and goats, causing fever and mouth blisters. Outbreaks often lead to trade restrictions and livestock culls. Authorities were still investigating the origins of the outbreak and testing several theories, Nagy said. He reiterated that terrorism had not been ruled out. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff in May suggested a "biological attack" as a possible source of the outbreak, without giving further details. Restrictions have also been eased in Slovakia since May as the country has not seen any fresh outbreaks in recent months. In the Czech Republic, where no cases were reported, remaining measures to prevent the spread across its borders were due to end on Friday.
Reuters
17-04-2025
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Hungary confirms foot-and-mouth disease outbreak at fifth cattle farm
BUDAPEST, April 17 (Reuters) - Hungary confirmed that a fifth cattle farm was infected with foot-and-mouth disease in the village of Rabapordany, where 600 cows will be culled, Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy said in a Facebook video on Thursday. Last month, Hungary reported its first case of foot-and-mouth disease for over 50 years on a cattle farm in the northwest near the border with Austria and Slovakia. Keep up with the latest medical breakthroughs and healthcare trends with the Reuters Health Rounds newsletter. Sign up here.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
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Hungary deploys military to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has deployed soldiers and launched new disinfection measures to help contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in a northwestern area bordering Slovakia and Austria, the agriculture minister said on Wednesday. Hungary reported its first case in more than 50 years of the disease, which often leads to trade restrictions, on a cattle farm early last month. Since then, neighbouring Slovakia has detected outbreaks at five locations after reporting its first cases in March. It has also stepped up measures to contain the disease's spread. Hungarian Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy said foot-and-mouth disease was found at two additional farms in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county by Wednesday morning, affecting 3,500 cattle in total. "We are making every effort to prevent any additional outbreaks," Nagy said in a Facebook video. The defence ministry did not immediately respond to emailed questions regarding the number of soldiers deployed to assist the containment effort. Hungary's cattle stock numbered 861,000 heads based on a livestock census in December, little changed from levels a year earlier. That constituted 1.2% of the European Union's total cattle stocks, official statistics showed. Data on the website of Hungary's National Food Chain Safety Office showed foot-and-mouth disease affecting a total of four farms in Hungary, all of them located in the country's northwest, while checks at more than 600 other farms returned negative results. Nagy said Hungarian authorities have launched additional measures, including disinfection points at border crossings and highway exits in the northwest to prevent the disease from spreading beyond the affected county. Foot-and-mouth disease poses no danger to humans but causes fever and mouth blisters in cloven-hoofed ruminants such as cattle, swine, sheep and goats.
