Turkish agriculture officials have detected cases of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in four villages in the central Anatolian province of Konya, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), citing Anatolia news agency Friday.
Officials immediately imposed a quarantine on the villages of Cakillar, Dogrugoz, Yaylabelan and Canli, banning the entrance and exit of all animals, after confirming the presence of the highly contagious disease, Anatolia said.
Until now, foot-and-mouth cases had been concentrated in the United Kingdom, apart from those announced Friday in Turkey, said AFP.
France had adopted a series of tough measures Friday to protect its farms as the highly contagious animal illness continued to ravage its neighbor Britain and to threaten Ireland, said the agency.
Reports said that France, which added a ban on livestock fairs and on animal imports from Ireland to its embargo on British meat products, killed suspect 50,000 sheep and stepped up the disinfection of vehicles and passengers at Channel ports and continued - Albawaba.com
