Foot-and-mouth tests at new site
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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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Suspected new cases of the bluetongue virus are investigated in livestock in north-west England.
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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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Cattle culled from a second farm in Egham, Surrey, tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, it is confirmed
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By Dan Davis, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Feb. 10--Federal health officials want to further evaluate soil and water samples from some Carr Township properties.
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"The utmost priority is to cull the animals to control disease and to put movement control around so that reduces the risk of any further spread"  Authorities confirmed a new foot-and-mouth outbreak on the outskirts of London on Wednesday, just days after the government lifted livestock restrictions following the appearance of the devastating disease last month.The highly contagious disease was found in cattle grazing in Surrey, a county that borders London, and close to a laboratory that was linked to the August outbreak. The discovery created panic in farming communities that lost millions last month.'I'm really worried because I've got loads of pigs, a few cattle and horses, and we were getting the pigs ready for slaughter tomorrow,' said Andrew Parsons, a Surrey farmer. Read more
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Initial tests suggest the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey is the same strain found in the area last month.
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The government was set to continue slaughtering animals near the site of a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease Thursday, just days after officials declared they squelched its spread and lifted restrictions.
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Authorities slaughtered sheep on a farm in southern England Monday as they tested for a suspected new case of foot-and-mouth disease, officials said.
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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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Initial tests showed the strain of foot and mouth virus detected in British cattle this week is the same as the one behind an August outbreak, the environment ministry said Thursday.
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Britain was set to continue slaughtering animals near the site of a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease Thursday, just days after officials declared they squelched its spread and lifted restrictions.
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Probes into a foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey find the virus was present in a pipe on the nearby Pirbright site.
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The protection zones put in place around two farms infected with foot-and-mouth disease are lifted.
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Scientists are investigating the cause of the latest UK foot-and-mouth outbreak at two farms in Surrey.
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Investigators have determined a pipe at a research laboratory in southern England caused last month's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday.
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Faulty drains, construction work, heavy rain and vehicle movements at an animal health facility where workers handled live viruses probably led to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southern England, according to an official report Friday.