The first physical symptoms appeared on Tuesday in the 3,000-head cattle herd. The presence of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed on Wednesday morning.
Chief veterinarian Szabolcs Pásztor has taken several immediate measures, including ordering the destruction of the entire herd, which will commence within days, and investigating possible contact farms.
Foot-and-mouth disease was detected at a cattle farm in Kisbajcs, in the west of the country early in March. Before that, the disease had last been detected in Hungary in 1973.
Slovakia’s Ministry of Transport announced Wednesday afternoon that, because of the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, all small border crossings on the Slovak-Hungarian border will be closed, and disinfection gates will be set up at large border crossings.
The Slovak government decided on Tuesday to approve the declaration of a nationwide state of emergency because of the occurrence of cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the south of the country.
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