Foot-and-Mouth disease in Saudi Arabia

The livestock department at the Saudi ministry of agriculture and waters said on Tuesday that more than 200 heads of livestock especially sheep died of the Foot-and-Mouth disease.

In its weekly report, the administration said that number of affected cattle reached 1088 of which 195 are cows; and 893 of sheep and geese, noting that 213 sheep or geese died of this disease.

The ministry said in its statement that the total number of affected cattle in Foot-and-Mouth disease in various areas in the Kingdom reached 125 ( groups) of which 92 totally recovered.