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Bulgaria culls livestock in FMD scare

17/01/2011

Government health officials in Bulgaria say 200 farm animals will be slaughtered in a village near the southern border with Turkey to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

National Veterinary Service director Yordan Voinov has confirmed that all cloven-hoofed animals in the village of Rezovo will be culled after several cases of the highly contagious disease were detected.

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