The Turkish Foot and Mouth Research Institute on Tuesday confirmed four cases of foot-and-mouth disease in cows at a livestock unit in Lapithos in the north.
According to the north’s ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus suspicions arose due to a sudden drop in milk production at the unit in question, following which laboratory tests were carried out and sent to the specialised research institute based in Ankara.
Cavus said that so
