AH – Foot-and-mouth disease in Slovakia – Measures taken by the competent authorities

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Please note that the Ministry of Agriculture of Slovakia has issued an Emergencies Measures Memorandum early this afternoon.

 

Three outbreaks of Foot-and-mouth disease have been confirmed near the border with Hungary today.

 

This is the first occurrence of the disease since 1974.

 

Among the measures applied, the following prohibitions have been set for:

 

1. any movement of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and other livestock, including farmed game (also referred to as 'susceptible animals'), other than necessary transport within the same holding. This prohibition also applies to any movement of susceptible animals from other States into the Slovak Republic and from the territory of the Slovak Republic into other States;
2. international transport or transit of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and other livestock through the territory of the districts of Komárno and Dunajská Streda. In the case of the other districts, international transport with loading and unloading outside the territory of the Slovak Republic is possible only without stopping and unloading on the territory of the Slovak Republic, with priority being given to the main road routes;
3. any movement of animals through the border crossings Čunovo - Rajka, Medved'ov - Vámosszabadi, Komárno - Komárom and Štúrovo - Esztergom;
4. the organisation of all mass events, fairs, exhibitions and fairs of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs and other livestock;
5. the entry of unauthorised persons into cattle, sheep, goat, pig and other livestock holdings, including farmed game.

 

Please see the details in the document in attachment (machine translation).

 

At this point there are no more details on the serotype of the virus detected.

 

We will keep you updated.