Because of the spread of hoof-and-mouth disease in mainland China, the Agricultural Improvement Station in Kinmen decided to begin random testing of Kinmen cattle. It discovered that 164 cattle on four farms had been infected.
由於大陸地區傳出口蹄疫疫情，金門縣畜產試驗所五月底起開始抽檢縣內牛隻血清，結果發現有四家牧場、一百六十四頭牛隻有感染這一波口蹄疫的危險，其中兩頭確定感染病毒。