Slovakia records first foot-and-mouth cases, minister says
Slovakia records first foot-and-mouth cases, minister says
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on March 21, 2025

Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on March 21, 2025

(Reuters) -Slovakia has detected cases of foot-and-mouth disease at three farms in the southern part of the country, Agriculture Minister Richard Takac was cited as saying by news website Dennik N and other media on Friday.
The infections are the first in half a century, and come after neighbouring Hungary reported cases earlier in March.
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, and outbreaks often lead to trade restrictions.
(Reporting by Jason Hovet in PragueEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
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