An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has been detected in Cyprus, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
As a result, the CFIA implemented import restrictions on commodities from Cyprus "to safeguard the health of Canada’s livestock and mitigate the economic impact of a potential FMD outbreak in Canada."
The Agency provided the following list of species susceptible to FMD:
- Suidae (pigs, wild boar)
- Bovinae (cattle, bison, water buffalo)
- Caprinae (sheep, goats)
- Camelidae (llamas, alpacas, vicunas, guanacos, and Bactrian camels)
- Antilopinae (antelopes, gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags)
- Cervidae (deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer)
- Any cloven-hooved (two-toed) animals not listed above
- Insectivores (tenrecs, hedgehogs, shrews, moles)
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