Foot-and-mouth reaches Cyprus’s rarest native livestock breeds

Foot-and-mouth disease has broken through protective measures to infect two Larnaca farms breeding rare native animals, forcing authorities to consider whether EU law can spare the animals from mandatory culling. The affected farms house red cattle (Bos indicus) and Cyprus fat-tailed sheep, two of the island’s rarest native breeds. Veterinary Services are examining whether to […]

By Angelos Nicolaou