Published Date: 2025-03-16 02:05:50 GMT
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Hungary (01): (GS) serotype O
Archive Number: 20250316.8722896
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - HUNGARY (01): (GYOR-MOSON-SOPRON) SEROTYPE O
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Date: Wed 12 Mar 2025
Source: Magyar Nemzet (The Hungarian Nation) [in Hungarian, machine trans., edited]
https://magyarnemzet.hu/gazdasag/2025/03/ragados-szaj-es-koromfajas-babolnan-folyik-az-artalmatlanitas
According to laboratory tests, the German virus strain was not the cause of the foot-and-mouth disease infection in Kisbajcsi. The authorities decided that the carcasses of the affected animals should be disposed of by burying them, not burning them. The rapid measures are justified by the extremely rapid spread of the infection.
The Ministry of Agriculture (MA) has confirmed that the Hungarian National Reference Laboratory has identified the serotype of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus that appeared in Kisbajcs, Gyor-Moson-Sopron County, and determined that it is the so-called O type FMD virus, which is not the same strain as the virus strain identified in Germany. According to the ministry, a full analysis by the European Union reference laboratory is still underway, reports Vilaggazdasag.
The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that in the current epidemiological situation, the authorities are not using incineration to safely dispose of animal carcasses, but rather to bury them in a suitable area as close as possible to the outbreak of the disease, rather than transporting them to a distant carcass processing plant.
Caution is very important in the case of foot-and-mouth disease
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The disposal will take place in Babolna - in the nearest suitable area of ATEV Zrt., which is entrusted with the work - by burial, which is a safe and accepted way of disposing of infected animals. In order to minimize the risk, the employees, vehicles and containers of ATEV Zrt. contributing to the liquidation of the RSZKF will not participate in the company's normal, national collection and disposal activities. In accordance with the epidemiological rules, they will carry out their work in isolation, so the contribution to the liquidation of the affected farm will not affect the normal collection and disposal activities in any way, the Ministry of Agriculture emphasized.
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Date: Mon 10 Mar 2025
Source: Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna [in Italian, machine trans., edited]
https://www.izsler.it/2025/03/10/identificato-il-sierotipo-del-virus-aftoso-del-focolaio-ungherese/
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The virus responsible for the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Hungary belongs to [FMDV] serotype O.
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Date: Fri 7 Mar 2025
Source: Agrobeeichyen Buitenland [in Dutch, machine trans., edited]
https://www.agroberichtenbuitenland.nl/actueel/nieuws/2025/03/07/fmd-hungary
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been identified at a cattle farm in Kisbajcs, Gyor-Moson-Sopron County, West Hungary, reports the National Food Chain Safety Office (NEBIH). The village of Kisbajcs is close to the Slovakian border.
In January [2025], the disease was identified in Germany. The new case at the Kisbajcs farm is the 1st outbreak of the dangerous livestock disease in more than 50 years in Hungary.
Chief Veterinary Officer Szabolcs Pasztor has ordered the immediate isolation of the farm, which holds 1400 head of cattle, following laboratory confirmation of the disease, and an epidemic investigation is also underway.
To prevent the spread of the disease, extremely strict regulatory measures are being implemented, including a ban on the transportation of susceptible livestock species and their products, NEBIH announced. The culling of the affected herd and the identification of the source of infection are in progress, the authority adds.
FMD is a contagious viral disease that primarily affects even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, buffalo, but it can also infect water buffalo, deer, bison and other domestic and wild ungulates. Extremely rarely, humans can be infected by the virus, mainly due to contact with infected livestock, but since the virus is sensitive to stomach acid, it cannot spread to humans via the consumption of infected meat.
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[The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH): Immediate Notification is at https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/6317. - Mod.JH
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