Saturday, August 4, 2007

Foot and mouth disease found in cattle on UK farm

(Reuters) - Foot and mouth disease has been confirmed in cattle on a farm in southern England, the British government said on Friday.

The agriculture department, Defra, said in a statement that movements of pigs and ruminant animals such as cows and sheep had been banned nationwide and a 10-km (six-mile) surveillance zone had been placed around the premises, a farm near Guildford in Surrey, close to London.


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