#foot and mouth disease

Livestock farmers will gather before the presidential palace on Friday to protest the management of the foot and mouth disease and demand a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides, the newly ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that the veterinary services had deemed a second round of tests for foot and mouth (FMD) unnecessary, calling on all parties to cooperate in ...

The association “Voice of Livestock Farmers” has branded the controversy over sampling procedures a “major fiasco” with a protest expected to take place outside the presidential palace on Friday morning. ...

Veterinary services on Tuesday said no culling had been planned at the infected small farm in Pachna, based on conditions in the area at the time and the need to ...

Around 300 protesters gathered in Pachna on Tuesday morning to protest the culling of animals amid the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease at a local farm. The protest, marking ...

Consultations between veterinary services, livestock farmers and agricultural organisations failed to produce any major breakthrough on Monday, as farming representatives reiterated their demand to seek a meeting with President Nikos ...

Veterinary services and livestock farmers continued consultations on Monday over the foot and mouth disease outbreak during a meeting lasting more than two hours, veterinary services director Christodoulos Pipis said. ...

It is impossible not to feel sympathy for the livestock farmers who are seeing everything they have worked for – their livelihoods – destroyed by foot and mouth disease. It is also ...

Veterinarians warned on Friday they may refuse to carry out foot and mouth disease sampling unless police protection is guaranteed, following what they describe as escalating threats and violent incidents ...

The Cyprus veterinary service has warned it will take action after attacks against officials during inspections linked to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, saying the safety of staff carrying out their ...

Authorities are investigating how foot-and-mouth disease reached a sheep and goat unit Pachna, with a veterinary official saying a possible breach in biosecurity protocols may have allowed the virus to ...

A crew of reporters who had travelled to Pachna to cover the protest of farmers reportedly got attacked by members of the newly formed association of livestock farmers ‘The Voice ...

The veterinary services confirmed on Wednesday that an exemption has been granted allowing fat tailed sheep in Dromolaxia to be spared from culling under strict conditions, following ongoing containment measures ...

Authorities moved on Wednesday to contain the first confirmed foot and mouth disease outbreak in the Limassol district after a positive case was identified at a farm in Pachna, prompting ...

Livestock farmers in the area of Pachna, Limassol, are awaiting laboratory test results on Wednesday after an animal on a farm with 70 goats and sheep tested positive for foot and ...

The veterinary service on Tuesday confirmed the first case of foot and mouth disease in the Limassol district. According to the veterinary services, the outbreak concerns a farm with around 60 ...

Livestock farmers on Tuesday set out a proposal to restart production following the foot and mouth disease outbreak after reaching an understanding with Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou during talks held ...

Four new cases of foot-and-mouth disease were confirmed in livestock units in Dromolaxia and Athienou, bringing the total number of affected farms to 116. The veterinary services announced that the latest ...

More than €35.6 million will be allocated to compensate and support livestock farmers affected by the foot and mouth disease outbreak. Announced by the veterinary services on Friday, the package came ...

Livestock farmers remain in dispute with the government over compensation linked to the foot and mouth disease outbreak, with representatives warning that protests remain possible if concerns are not addressed. ...

The amount of goat milk in halloumi will be reduced from 25 to 15 per cent until the end of the year because of the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease (...

Farmers hit by foot and mouth disease will receive compensation worth €35.6 million, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. President Nikos Christodoulides said the compensation was up to 200 per cent higher than ...

Tensions between livestock farmers and the agriculture ministry continued on Tuesday following a discussion on compensation measures linked to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. The meeting, held at the ministry with ...

The transfer of dead animals to a burial site designated by the veterinary services in the Palaiometocho area was completed on Monday despite protests by livestock farmers, police sources told ...