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Bulgaria's Scrapped Project for FMD Fence Absorbed BGN 570 000 [Apr 24, 2012] Although Bulgaria gave up on the idea to build a fence along its border with Turkey to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the project has already absorbed some BGN 570 000. The project was cancelled last week as it emerged that it would be too costly and that it would cross nine protected areas. The 181-km border fence was eventually estimated to cost a total of BGN 28 M (almost EUR ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Penniless Bulgaria to Give Up Building Turkish Border FMD Fence [Apr 17, 2012] Bulgaria's government will reverse its decision to build a fence along its border with Turkey, a measure which was supposed to tackle the infiltration of foot-and-mouth disease-infected animals. This has been announced Tuesday night by the press service of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, ahead of the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday. The announcement states that regardless ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Presses With FMD Fence on Turkish Border [Aug 18, 2011] 21 companies have filed documents for a public procurement for designing a fence along the border with Turkey to prevent the spreading of foot-and-mouth disease. Over the spring of 2011, a number of villages in the remote Strandzha region in south-east Bulgaria bordering on Turkey experienced severe outbreaks of FMD, leading to the destruction of hundreds of heads of livestock. Officials said ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to put fence along border with Turkey to prevent spread of foot-and mouth disease [Apr 21, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria has said it will build a wire fence along its border with Turkey to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Agriculture Minister Vows to Limit FMD [Apr 09, 2011] The occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease in the south-eastern tip of of Bulgaria is a localized event and authorities will do everything possible to isolate it, stated Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Naydenov. Saturday Naydenov is on a visit to local town of Sredets, in which a temporary center for tackling the livestock disease has been established. Over the course of the first three months of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria livestock slaughtered over health scare [Apr 04, 2011] Bulgarian government officials say some 350 farm animals were slaughtered at a village close to the southern border with Turkey as a precaution following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria livestock slaughtered over health scare [Apr 04, 2011] Bulgarian government officials say some 350 farm animals were slaughtered at a village close to the southern border with Turkey as a precaution following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Reboots Plans to Fence Off Turkey Border as FMD Spreads [Mar 30, 2011] The recently renewed outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Southeast Bulgaria have led the government to restore its idea first floated in January 2011 to erect a fence along its border with Turkey. Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov announced in Parliament Wednesday that the Borisov Cabinet is going to go ahead with the plans to restore some of the Cold War era fences along the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Fears New FMD Cases in Yambol Region [Feb 15, 2011] Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency has announced there are fears about new cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the village of Stefan Karadzhovo, near the city of Yambol. Signs of the disease were established Monday during regular checks of about 15 cattles. Blood samples have been taken and sent to the National Diagnostic Veterinary Research Institute.... [via YahooNews] More >>

FMD Makes Mess of Hunting Tourism in Southeast Bulgaria [Feb 12, 2011] Bulgaria's recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has shattered the hunting tourism in the southeastern part of the country because of the adopted restrictive measures. In January, Bulgaria tackled outbreaks of FMD in three villages in the very Southeast as domestic animals were infected by a wild boar that crossed in from Turkey. Earlier this week, the authorities said they eliminated the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Claims to Have Eliminated FMD [Feb 08, 2011] Bulgaria has eliminated the center of foot-and-mouth disease that emerged end of December 2010, according to Yordan Voynov, head of the National Veterinary Medical Service. Three villages ? Kosti, Rezovo, and Gramatikovo ? in the Strandzha mountain region in the Southeast with animals infected with foot-and-mouth disease were detected in January, the last one being discovered on January 31. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Uncovers 3rd FMD Flare in Poor Strandzha Region [Jan 31, 2011] 13 cases of foot-and-mouth disease infected animals have been confirmed in the southeastern Bulgarian village of Gramatikovo, confirmed veterinary authorities. This is the third flare of FMD in the southeastern Strandzha Mountains region for January, after the disease was discovered in the villages of Kosti and Rezovo. About 1100 blood samples of animals from the region have been tested, out of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Conduct Second FMD Check [Jan 28, 2011] Bulgaria will conduct a second check for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) of domestic animals in risky areas, the National Veterinary Service has announced. The procedure is part of the measures the Bulgarian government has taken to fight the disease. The test are being repeated because the incubation period of FMD is 20 days. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Launch FMD Disinfection Tax on Turkish Border [Jan 18, 2011] Each vehicle passing through the Turkish-Bulgarian border will have to pay an at least EUR 2 disinfection tax, the measure aiming to stop the recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Bulgaria. Upon paying the tax, the vehicles will be thoroughly disinfected. The measure was announced by Yordan Voynov, Head of State Veterinary Public Health Control Directorate on Monday.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to stop foot-and-mouth disease by rebuilding Warsaw Pact barb fence [Jan 18, 2011] Bulgaria will rebuild the barb fence along the border with Turkey to stop foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) coming from that country, a senior official said here on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Considers Border Fence with Turkey Over FMD [Jan 18, 2011] Bulgaria will demand financial support from the European Commission to rebuild its border fence with Turkey due to the danger of animals spreading foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). This was announced on Monday by the Head of State Veterinary Public Health Control Directorate Yordan Voynov on Monday. "It is otherwise impossible to follow each wild or domestic animal passing through the border ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria confirms new foot-and-mouth outbreak [Jan 17, 2011] Bulgarian veterinary authorities confirmed yesterday a second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the southeast of the country, after 500 animals had to be destroyed last week. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria slaughters farm animals after second foot-and-mouth disease outbreak [Jan 17, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria - Government health officials in Bulgaria say 200 farm animals will be slaughtered in a village near the southern border with Turkey to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria reports second outbreak of foot-and-mouth [Jan 17, 2011] SOFIA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Some 200 cattle, sheep and pigs will be culled in a southeastern Bulgarian village after a second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in domestics animals was detected, the National Veterinary Service said on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria livestock slaughtered over health scare [Jan 12, 2011] Government health and agriculture officials in Bulgaria say some 500 farm animals have been slaughtered at a village close to the southern border with Turkey as a precaution following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. [via YahooNews] More >>