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> Foot-and-mouth disease

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Lesvos livestock farmers: “No” to mass culling due to foot-and-mouth disease, immediate vaccination program demanded

Cooperatives and farmers’ associations are calling for the immediate suspension of mass culling of herds, the implementation of a universal vaccination program, and the carrying out of an epidemiological study on the island

Three new cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Lesbos bring the total to five

The measures being implemented in detail – a 3-kilometer protection zone has been established around the infected farms

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany – hundreds of animals culled

The disease can spread rapidly and may cause significant costs to the country's livestock industry