Foot and mouth disease in Turkey (12.5)

OA show ('918 '); Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture announced Wednesday that the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in some areas of Turkey has harmed about 40% of the country's animal husbandry Anadolu news agency quoted an official of the Turkish Ministry of agriculture as saying Wednesday that the foot-and-mouth epidemic in Turkey was caused by the cross-border smuggling of livestock from neighboring countries It is reported that livestock smuggling activities are mainly concentrated in the western and southwest regions of Turkey bordering Greece and bogali In order to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the Turkish government in October this year asked the EU to provide 50 million euros of assistance in order to establish a buffer zone to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in the above-mentioned areas At present, the European Union has provided 5 million euros of special funds to Turkey Under the guidance of the European veterinary Committee, Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria are carrying out comprehensive cooperation to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from further spreading to the European continent Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is an acute, contact infectious disease that occurs in cloven hoofed animals such as pigs, sheep and cattle It is mainly transmitted through feed contaminated by virus, sick animals, bedding of sick animals and clothes of livestock nurses If not well controlled, it can cause devastating impact on animal husbandry Han (author:)