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Germany Reports Foot-and-mouth Disease In Water Buffalo

The outbreak of foot-and-mouth occurred at a farm near Berlin (Credit: AFP)

Germany on Friday registered three cases of foot-and-mouth disease in water buffalo on a farm near Berlin, the country's first reported cases of the livestock disease since 1988.

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral infection that is not dangerous to humans but which affects cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals, including sheep and pigs.

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