An outbreak of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been detected in a herd of water buffaloes in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, not far from Berlin. The outbreak represents the first known cases of FMD in Germany since 1988,

Germany has no new cases of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease with a suspect case on Thursday not confirmed, German agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on German radio on Friday. Germany has only one case of the disease,

The display, created by activist groups Led By Donkeys and the Centre for Political Beauty, has drawn public attention and is under investigation by local police.

Germany has updated the European Commission of the current foot and mouth disease (FMD) situation on its territory.

Germany has not found any further cases of foot-and-mouth disease, agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on Wednesday, adding that experts were working day and night to establish the source of the country's first outbreak in decades.

Germany’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it expects meat and dairy product exports to the European Union to continue despite a case of the foot-and-mouth disease affecting livestock being confirmed last week.

The German authorities and meat and livestock sector are increasingly hopeful that the foot-and-mouth has been contained and this has had a positive impact on the market, according to a report by Reuters.

Brandenburg state police spokesperson Beate Kardels said the bus operated by Flixbus, Germany's dominant long-distance bus operator, was heading toward Poland. She didn't immediately have ...

Germany says no new cases of foot-and-mouth disease recorded as Britain bans exports of meat and dairy products.

After being FMD-free for nearly 40 years, Germany detected FMD virus serotype O in a herd of water buffalo in Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg. The national reference laboratory at the FLI has detected the FMD virus serotype O in a water buffalo infected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from the district of Märkisch-Oderland.

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Germany took further steps Monday to limit the potential spread ... A three-kilometre (1.9-mile) exclusion zone was set up around the farm where the buffalo were kept in the eastern Brandenburg region which surrounds Berlin. Officials ordered all animals ...