Foot and Mouth Outbreak in Burgas

Thirty seven cases of foot and mouth disease (FMD) have been found in the southern province of Burgas. The cases were all found to be in a village called Kosti in southern Burgas.

The outbreak was found after a wild boar had wandered in to Bulgaria from neighbouring Turkey and was found to be carrying the foot and mouth disease (FMD). After the find the Bulgarian authorities tested some 1,600 animals in the region and found the thirty seven cases in the small village of Kosti.

To contain the disease all cattle in the village were culled today, estimates put the number of pigs, sheep and goats culled at between 530 to 780.

After reports of the foot and mouth outbreak Ukraine has banned imports of Bulgarian meat and animals into the country. Bulgaria will now present the findings of the outbreak to the European Union in Brussels.