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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Anita Komuves and Krisztina Fenyo

‘Biological attack’ could be behind Europe’s latest foot-and-mouth outbreak

Hungary has suggested a "biological attack" may be behind the country’s first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in more than half a century.

The World Organisation for Animal Health said the outbreak, which was first detected on a cattle farm in the northwest near the border with Austria and Slovakia last month, has triggered border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle.

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