Germany, foot-and-mouth disease

Germany has no new foot-and-mouth disease cases, farm minister says
Germany has no new cases of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease with a suspect case on Thursday not confirmed, German agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on German radio on Friday.
France Steps up Checks After Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak in Germany
PARIS (Reuters) - France has reinforced checks for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and issued alerts to veterinarians after an outbreak of the highly contagious virus was detected in cattle in Germany last week, prompting trade bans from several countries.
German Foot-and-Mouth Seen Wiping Out €1 Billion of Agri Sales
Germany’s agriculture industry faces sales losses of about €1 billion ($1.03 billion) due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that has led to export restrictions, farm cooperatives group DRV said.
Germany has no new foot-and-mouth disease cases, minister says
Germany has no new cases of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease with a suspect case on Thursday not confirmed, German agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on Friday. Germany has only one case of the disease,
NI restricts imports from Germany after foot-and-mouth outbreak
A government ban on pig, sheep and cattle imports from Germany announced on Tuesday did not apply to Northern Ireland. On Thursday, the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs said that it has "strict import controls" in place,
Farmers group fears billion-euro loss from German foot-and-mouth disease
Germany’s farming and food industry is likely to have lost about 1 billion euros ($1 billion) of business following an outbreak of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease, the head of the farming cooperatives association told German media on Thursday.
German authorities to lift emergency ordinance to curb foot-and-mouth disease
German authorities are to lift an emergency ordinance to stop the spread of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease at the end of the day, the agriculture ministry in the eastern state of Brandenburg said on Friday.

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