Precautionary measures for foot and mouth disease

For protection against foot-and-mouth disease, the following guidelines apply at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna from 22.5.2025 in amendment of the procedural instructions for protection against foot-and-mouth disease, published in the bulletin of 7.5.2025, 36th edition, item 73, (in German) until further notice:

Patients at the veterinary hospital of the Vetmeduni Vienna

• When referring susceptible patients, the referring veterinarian must confirm that there is no suspicion of FMD.
• Susceptible patients not referred by a veterinarian must be clinically checked for FMD symptoms by a member of staff before entering the campus. The WC room by the porter in front of the barrier is to be used for this purpose. If FMD cannot be ruled out with certainty, the animals may not be brought onto the campus.
• If there is any doubt about the presence of suspected FMD, this must be clarified by means of an exclusion test in accordance with the applicable infection and disease control plan.
• The tires of transport vehicles and trailers used to transport cloven-hoofed animals, camels and horses, as well as university-owned vehicles that travel to farms with animals susceptible to FMD, must be disinfected with disinfectants that are effective against FMD.
• The import of straw and hay from the neighboring countries of Slovakia and Hungary is prohibited in the course of patient transport or during patient visits.