Two new cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Dromolaxia were confirmed by the veterinary service on Monday, bringing the total number of affected units to 54 across Larnaca and Nicosia.
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A new instance of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was detected on Thursday, bringing the total number of affected farming units to 50.
According to the veterinary services, the latest affected farming unit ...
All animals that tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease at a farm in Livadia were killed, the agriculture ministry confirmed on Sunday.
The ministry further assured that vaccination efforts are ongoing, ...
Authorities confirmed three new cases of foot and mouth disease within the infected zone in the Dromolaxia-Meneou area of Larnaca, bringing the total number of affected units to 49, officials said ...
There are no new cases of foot-and-mouth disease, while culling and sampling are continuing without obstruction, veterinary services spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou said.
Georgiadou said the second round of vaccinations is ...
A group of livestock farmers gathered on Wednesday outside a livestock unitin Yeri to protest the planned collection of animal samples by the veterinary services, amid rising tensions over containment ...
Four Slovak veterinarians have arrived in Cyprus and been given temporary licences to practice on the island as part of efforts to expedite the process of culling livestock amid an ...
Two cases of foot and mouth disease have been reported outside the Larnaca containment zone, this time in Dhali and Yeri in the Nicosia district, bringing the total number to 41 ...
Veterinary services spokeswoman Sotiria Gregoriadou urged livestock farmers on Saturday to comply with protocol against foot-and-mouth disease and focus on the broader effort to eliminate the virus from the island.
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The culling of animals which have contracted foot and mouth disease is “necessary”, veterinary services department spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou said on Thursday.
Speaking at a press conference, she said the ...
There is “no less painful alternative” to killing animals in livestock units which have had recorded cases of foot and mouth disease, veterinary association chairman Demetris Epaminondas said on Monday.
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All confirmed cases of Foot-and-mouth disease so far have been identified in the Larnaca district, though the disease has spread to 34 farms within the containment zone, the Veterinary Services of ...
Eight new cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have been identified in Livadia and one in Dromolaxia, with more than 7,000 animals culled since the outbreak began, the Veterinary Services said on ...
All animals are subject to culling in a farming unit where an incident of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been detected, authorities reiterated on Tuesday as farmers protested the slaughter of ...
It was inevitable that soon after the news about the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease, the search for people to blame would begin. If anything, it took a ...
The involvement of the Pancyprian Veterinary Association and restrictions on hunters’ movements in affected areas were among a series of measures decided at a broad meeting held on Monday morning ...
Authorities have placed large swathes of the Larnaca district under strict quarantine after veterinary services confirmed that the epicentre of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak lies in Oroklini, with linked infections ...
Authorities remain on high alert three weeks after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in Lapathos in Famagusta district, said veterinary services head, Christodoulos Pipis.
Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Pipis said ...
A coordinated neutering programme, including spaying, microchipping and the registration of stray cats was proposed as a measure to manage the overpopulation of cats on the island, the Pancyprian veterinary ...
The Pancyprian veterinary association denounced the agriculture ministry’s plan to reopen old public veterinary clinics for stray cat sterilisations in a statement released on Tuesday.
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Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Tuesday blasted the veterinary services for negligence or failure to take the necessary steps as the competent agency to examine complaints regarding the uncontrolled importation of ...
Pet owners and guardians have complained that cat sterilisation methods used by some licensed veterinarians do not follow proper protocols, causing the animals unnecessary harm and pain.
Many complaints concern ...
The veterinary services have opened up the application process for funding and are now accepting requests from animal welfare organisations for state sponsorship, the ministry of agriculture announced on Tuesday.
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The Public Service Commission has reinstated Veterinary Services Christodoulos Pipis, whom it had suspended amid an investigation into an outbreak of Brucellosis in cattle in a Larnaca livestock farm.
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