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 Friday.

In some countries, the deadly virus is endemic.Germany had been free of foot-and-mouth disease since 1988-- until the virus was detected in a herd of water buffalo in the state of Brandenburg in ...

Germany has regained its status as free of foot-and-mouth disease in most areas of the country, opening the way for the lifting of export restrictions on meat and dairy products, Germany’s ...

What has happened? Germany has detected its first case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) since 1988. It was discovered on Friday (10 January) and traced to water buffalo in Brandenburg, near Berlin.

German authorities confirmed the country’s first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years on Friday in a herd of water buffalo on the outskirts of Berlin.

How will it affect Germany’s exports? Within the bloc, trade between other EU member states and areas of Germany unaffected by foot-and-mouth disease is still possible, under the principle of ...

Germany's national animal health institute confirmed that foot-and-mouth disease had been detected in samples from one animal, and the rest of the herd was slaughtered.

Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia reported cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in livestock in early 2025, prompting Medscape Medical News to ask if healthcare practitioners need to be alert to the ...