BRIEF: Vyborny to Ask Takac to Start Testing Milk for Foot-and-mouth Disease
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Prague, April 2 (TASR) - Czech Agriculture Minister Marek Vyborny plans to ask Slovak Agriculture Minister Richard Takac on Wednesday to start testing milk for the presence of foot-and-mouth disease virus, as PCR tests can detect the infection three to five days earlier than symptoms appear in animals, TASR learnt from its special correspondent in Prague on Wednesday.
The Czech Republic began preventive testing on farms in the South Moravian region, which borders Slovakia, on Tuesday.
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