A case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed within the government-controlled areas of Cyprus, after veterinary authorities on Friday detected the disease at a cow-breeding unit in Livadia, in the Larnaca district.
The veterinary services placed the area under lockdown after laboratory confirmation of the highly contagious livestock disease, sealing off a three-kilometre radius around the affected unit and prohibiting the movement of animals and animal products without official authorisation.
