EU to declare UK free of foot and mouth disease
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European Union (EU) vets agreed on Tuesday to declare Britain free of foot and mouth disease from November 9 and allow all exports of British meat, dairy and live animals from then, the EU executive said.
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The government has said that foot and mouth disease has been detected in sheep on another farm and that all animals there had been slaughtered.
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Test results today showed foot and mouth disease was present in livestock when the UK was declared disease free earlier this month.
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The last outbreak to affect Midland farmers was foot-and-mouth disease in March 2001.   Nearly 230,000 animals were slaughtered in the region - the second highest number in Britain.
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The government on Saturday relaxed transport restrictions put in place after the latest outbreaks of foot and mouth disease.
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Livestock in England can now be taken to slaughter as foot-and-mouth crisis rules are relaxed.
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Britain on Saturday lifted the last livestock restrictions imposed after last month&#39;s foot and mouth outbreak after experts said the disease had been &quot;eradicated&quot; from the country.
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Cattle culled at a second farm in southern England have tested positive for foot and mouth disease, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
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The government confirmed Friday that cattle slaughtered on a farm in southern England tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease.The disease was detected Wednesday in cattle grazing in Surrey county, 10 miles from laboratories linked to an outbreak last month, said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.Some 40 cattle and 800 pigs on the farm were slaughtered Thursday, according to Steven Ward, the owner's son.Scientists were trying to determine whether the disease could have spread outside a six-mile containment zone set up around the farm, which includes Heathrow Airport and Queen Elizabeth II's Windsor Castle. Read more
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A cow for which preliminary tests for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, commonly known as &quot;mad cow disease&quot;) had proved inclusive has been determined free of the disease, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced November 23.
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The government confirmed Friday that cattle slaughtered on a farm in southern England tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease.
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The European Commission has approved a financial package of â¬188m (US$233.1m) to fight animal diseases in the EU in 2005. The EU budget for 2005 will tackle transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE
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Britain confirmed a new case of foot and mouth disease west of London on Friday, in a fresh blow to hopes that authorities had contained the disease after it re-emerged earlier this week.
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Tests are carried out at a premises in the West Midlands to find out if it has foot-and-mouth disease.
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A new suspected case of foot and mouth disease has been located near London, near the site of last month&#39;s outbreak in Britain, the environment ministry said Wednesday.
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The European Union will next month lift all remaining restrictions on British meat and livestock after veterinary experts agreed Tuesday that the threat from a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak was over.
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A new outbreak of foot and mouth in Britain was caused by the same strain of virus which was declared &quot;eradicated&quot; only last week, initial test results showed Thursday.