Slovakia confirms a fourth outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

The outbreak, confirmed by PCR conducted at the national reference laboratory for the disease, is located on a cattle farm with a census of 279 bovines, in the district of Dunajská Streda (Trnavský region), also bordering Hungary, within the restriction zone already established by outbreak 3. This has led to a slight modification of the zone by establishing the restriction area around the new outbreak, with a 3 km protection zone and a 10 km surveillance zone.

The location of the new outbreak shows an expansion of the disease following the course of the Danube River, which seems to reinforce the possibility of long-distance airborne dissemination, the most likely hypothesis based on investigations carried out by the Slovak authorities.