Vet faculty members appointed to government committee on foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Clinical Assistant Professors of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Kyriakos Spanoudes (L) and Georgios Nikolaou (R), have been appointed to the Scientific Committee on foot-and-mouth disease recently established by the Minister of Agriculture.

Along with the other members of the committee, the two faculty members will support the government in addressing the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which has affected several farms across Cyprus.

The committee will contribute to the assessment of the epidemiological situation and the formulation of recommendations and guidelines regarding the management and control of foot-and-mouth disease in Cyprus.