Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon urges vigilance following reports of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Slovakia

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon. Photo: Collins

Cian Ó Broin

Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon has urged vigilance following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Slovakia.

It comes as Slovakia confirmed three outbreaks of FMD in cattle yesterday. All three are within 20km of a recent outbreak in Hungary on March 6.