Another case of foot-and-mouth disease(FMD) has been confirmed at a cattle ranch in the city of Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province.

According to the agriculture ministry on Monday, the disease was detected at a ranch raising some 180 heads of cattle located near another ranch in the city that reported the nation's first FMD case in more than four years last week, with the number of cases climbing to seven since then.

Authorities sent a response team and epidemiology experts to the farm while restricting the movement of livestock and vehicles at the ranch.

The cows at the ranch will be culled as a measure to prevent the spread of the acute infectious viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including pigs and goats.

Meanwhile, a standstill order for the province's nine cities and counties including Cheongju and Jeungpyeong County has been lifted.