Germany faces its first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in over 35 years, prompting animal transport bans and precautionary zoo closures.
Animal transports have been banned in Brandenburg state, surrounding Berlin , after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd just outside the city. Germany 's first outbreak for more than 35 years was confirmed by the national animal health institute. Authorities said three out of a 14-strong herd of water buffalo were found dead on a farm in Hoenow. The rest were slaughtered.
A 72-hour ban on transporting cows, pigs, sheep, goats and other animals such as camels and llamas in Brandenburg went into force Saturday. Berlin's two zoos also closed as a precaution. Around 200 pigs at a farm in Ahrensfelde, near where the outbreak was detected, would be slaughtered as a precaution. Foot-and-mouth disease is caused by a virus that infects cattle, sheep, goats, swine and other cloven-hoofed animals. While death rates are typically low, the disease can make animals ill with fever, decreased appetite, excessive drooling, blisters and other symptoms. The virus spreads easily through contact and airborne transmission and can quickly infect entire herds. People can spread the disease through things like farming equipment, shoes, clothing and vehicle tires that have come into contact with the virus. The last outbreak in Germany was in 1988 and the last in Europe in 2011, according to Germany's animal health institute
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