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28 February 2017

Expert: Investment Interest in Beef Cattle Rearing Growing in Bulgaria
BULGARIA - The beef cattle market in Bulgaria is not well-structured yet and there are no solid tendencies in cattle rearing. However, the picture is gradually changing and an increasingly higher number of investors see the possibilities of a market that...

11 August 2014

140 New Bluetongue Cases Reported in Bulgaria
BULGARIA - One hundred and forty new cases of bluetongue have been reported in Bulgaria....

19 April 2011

Farm Animals Die as FMD Compensation is Lagging
BULGARIA - Bulgarian farmers who have been forced to destroy their livestock in an attempt to tackle foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), would be fully compensated for their loss, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naidenov said on 18 April 2011, reiterating Government...

12 April 2011

Bulgaria Reports One More Outbreak of FMD
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported yet another outbreak of foot and mouth disease cattle, swine and sheep/goats in Burgas....

07 April 2011

More FMD Outbreaks in Bulgaria
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported two more outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in buffaloes, cattle, swine and sheep and goats....

04 April 2011

Livestock Slaughtered Over Health Scare
BULGARIA - 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....

Bulgarian Farmers to Be Compensated Over FMD
BULGARIA - Farmers in southeast Bulgaria will be receive compensations totaling BGN 2.4 M (EUR 1.2 M) for their livestock destroyed in order to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)....

29 March 2011

New FMD Centre Found in Southeast Bulgaria
BULGARIA - Dr Yordan Voinov will visit Sredetz municipality in the village of Granichar during a routine check of the veterinary team of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, where a new outbreak of FMD has been detected. ...

25 March 2011

Foot and Mouth Disease Breaks Out in Bulgaria
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported one new outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in cattle....

02 March 2011

Protection Measures Lifted After Implementation Of EU Rules
BULGARIA - Using the new Comitology procedure for the first time, the European Commission decided yesterday to reduce the areas under restriction in Bulgaria due to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). ...

02 February 2011

Bulgaria Reports One More Outbreak of FMD
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported yet another outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Burgas region....

17 January 2011

Bulgaria Lifts FMD Preventative Methods
BULGARIA - The restrictive measures over the foot and mouth disease [FMD] spreading in Bulgaria, adopted in the districts of Varna, Shumen, Yambol, Sliven, Haskovo and Kardzhali, have been lifted, the National Medical Veterinary Service announced. ...

12 January 2011

Bulgaria Reports Another Outbreak of FMD
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported another outbreak of foot and mouth disease, this time affecting cattle, sheep and goats too....

30 July 2010

Strategy For Food Safety, Risk Assessment Adopted
BULGARIA - MEPs have adopted a strategy for the establishment of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and Risk Assessment Center....

30 October 2008

BGN 1 Million for Bulgarian Beef
BEEF - BGN 1 million has been allocated to State Agriculture Fund in 2008 to assist beef cattle farms that do not have a milk quota, Minister of Agriculture and Food Valeri Tsvetanov said at a meeting with farmers, Focus News Agency informed....

12 September 2007

Brucellosis Hits Cattle in One More Bulgarian Town
BULGARIA - A total of 36 animals have been declared infected with brucellosis in Bulgaria's town of Harmanli late on Tuesday....

15 January 2007

Bulgarian Meat/Milk Inspections Required For Export To EU
BULGARIA - All Bulgarian meat and milk producers wanting to export to the European Union were to be inspected by the National Veterinary Service (NVS) during the period from January 9-15, according to the Ministry of Agriculture....