Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic ADVERTISEMENTFoot-and-mouth disease is a viral disease that primarily affects cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. The disease poses no threat to human health,\u00a0but infected animals suffer great pain, and their production of milk or meat is reduced. Most animals survive the infection, but may carry the highly contagious virus for a long time \u2014 hence the need to rapidly contain any outbreak through quarantine and the culling of both infected and healthy animals.\u00a0The EU has an extensive legal framework to control outbreaks, including trade restrictions on susceptible animals and their products. All Member States are obliged to have contingency plans. Cutting-edge state-backed laboratories must collaborate with the EU Reference Laboratory so that experts can help define the best emergency measures for each outbreak. The resulting culling and trade restrictions often cause heavy economic losses across the farming sector. Affected Member States can ask for EU compensation funds to be provided after the total costs suffered by the farmers and the sector\u2019s supply chain have been calculated. \u00a0In Slovakia, the foot-and-mouth virus has so far been detected on at least six farms, and between 6,000 and 7,000 animals have been culled to date. Hundreds of farms are under strict surveillance and undergoing disinfection.\u00a0Just outside the perimeter of the affected area, Agrocontract Mikulas dairy farm has so far been spared from the disease. But the potential detection of a single virus inside would mean the sacrifice of its 6,000 animals, including 3,000 dairy cows.\u00a0 Every year the farm produces some 35 million litres of milk. It employs 200 staff and is a key employer in this mainly rural area of Slovakia.\u00a0Access is restricted. Workers and machinery entering are subject to strict disinfection procedures.\u00a0\u201cWe are spraying the wheels of all the trucks. Employees who come in have to go through a clean and dirty zone and take showers a couple of times a day,\u201d explains farmer and owner of the agribusiness Martin Zahumensk\u00fd. \u201cIt\u2019s very stressful. Every time I get a call from [another] farm, we expect bad news and to be honest, I can\u2019t sleep very well. We are very worried about the business.\u201dTheir agricultural activity includes 5,500 hectares of fields where corn, soybeans, and wheat are grown, mainly as food for dairy cows, the cornerstone of their whole agribusiness. \u00a0The farm is a family business founded 30 years ago by Martin\u2019s dad. They have watched with increasing anxiety how the virus has destroyed other farms in the region. \u00a0\u201cI really feel for those\u00a0who have been impacted,\u201d says Marian Zahumensk\u00fd, farmer and CEO of the farm. \u201cOne of the farms affected is a member of the same breeders\u2019 association as us; we work very closely together.\u00a0I can imagine the tragedy that befell them; I relate deeply to the people who built and cared their whole herd. It was a huge amount of effort and years of work.\u201d\u00a0\u201cAll the farmers are affected economically by the current situation because they have to spend a lot of money on disinfection and all kinds of biosecurity measures,\u201d explains Martin. \u201cSo in the first place, the government should refund them and help them to cover these costs. And in cases of farms where they have had to kill all their animals, they have to refund these losses very quickly, because without… help from the government, without help from the European Union, these farms will not be able to start running again.\u201dIn efforts to contain the spread of the foot-and-mouth virus, some border crossings between Austria and Hungary have been closed. Others, between Slovakia and neighbouring Hungary and the Czech Republic are being carefully controlled.\u00a0Since the start of the crisis, the State Veterinary Institute of Olomouc in the Czech Republic has received milk samples from 57 farms around the affected area in Slovakia, twice a week.\u00a0These analyses are crucial to control the potential spread of the disease across the EU.\u00a0The virus is calamitous for animals and farm production, but does not normally affect people, the lab\u2019s director insists: \u201cMilk that has undergone\u00a0pasteurisation\u00a0and meat that has undergone the maturation process, especially if it is still subsequently heat treated, is safe and does not endanger the health of consumers,\u201d explains Jan Bardo\u0148.Is Europe properly prepared to prevent the spread of the virus across its open borders and common market?ADVERTISEMENT\u201cEuropean cooperation is at a very good level,\u201d replies Bardo\u0148. \u201cThere is a rapid alert system whereby the veterinary authorities of each Member State are immediately informed.\u00a0There is a single prevention strategy within the EU, but each country has to adapt it to its specific geographical or climate conditions, local resources or farm characteristics. There is, for instance, a difference if we are dealing with a farm with 10,000 cattle or a farm with five cows.\u201dThe European Commission has just reminded affected Member States that emergency measures shall continuously be adapted to the evolving epidemiological situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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