NEWS: Germany reports foot-and-mouth disease in water buffalo

Germany reports foot-and-mouth disease in water buffalo

The outbreak of foot-and-mouth occurred at a farm near Berlin.
Photo: Odd ANDERSEN / AFP
Source: AFP

Germany on Friday registered three cases of foot-and-mouth disease in water buffalo on a farm near Berlin, the country’s first reported cases of the livestock disease since 1988.

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral infection that is not dangerous to humans but which affects cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals, including sheep and pigs.

Symptoms include fever and…

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