An outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been reported in Germany. Brandenburg’s Agriculture Minister Hanka Mittelstedt announced on Friday that three cows had died from the disease in the Markische Oderland region on the border with Poland. This is the first time since 1988 that a virus has crossed the Oder River. Not dangerous to humans.
“The district is working with experts to determine the cause of the disease,” the German minister stressed. She added that sick animals are killed and culled.
The DPA Agency reminds that foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease of artiodactyl animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. Wild animals and animals living in zoos are also at risk of infection.
According to Germany’s Friedrich Loeffler Institute, which monitors livestock health, foot-and-mouth disease occurs regularly in Turkey, the Middle East, Africa, many Asian countries and parts of South America.
Foot-and-mouth disease that occurred in Europe. In 2001 she appeared in England.
The disease first appeared in the UK in 2001 and has since spread to other European countries. The last case of foot and mouth disease in Germany was recorded in 1988.
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Although the disease is not fatal for most adult animals, it leads to long-term disability. There is currently no known treatment.
Even if just one animal on a farm becomes ill, the entire herd is killed preventively.
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