Bluetongue disease detected in UK
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The first-ever case of Bluetongue disease in Britain is found in a cow near Ipswich, Suffolk.
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"The whole of England is back at a standstill. This is very bad news for the British farming industry"  Britain's latest foot-and-mouth outbreak is the same strain as last month's, according to initial test results Thursday that gave farmers hope the disease could be contained in a small region.If the strain turns out to be different, Britain's farmers _ who have already suffered from the earlier outbreak as well as floods this summer _ could lose more of their livestock.In a larger outbreak in 2001, thousands of cattle, sheep and pig carcasses were burned on large pyres across the country. The farming industry lost millions in revenue. Read more
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The government has confirmed Friday that cattle culled on a second Surrey farm tested positive for foot and mouth disease, a bodyblow to hopes that authorities had contained the disease after it re-emerged earlier this week.
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A new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle was confirmed in Britain on Wednesday, prompting the European Union to reimpose a ban on British meat exports.
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Reports of a disease in birds is under investigation in north Wales, the assembly government announces.
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A sixth suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is being investigated on a farm in Surrey.
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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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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.
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A new outbreak of foot and mouth in Britain was caused by the same strain of virus as cases in August which was declared &quot;eradicated&quot; only last week, initial test results showed Thursday.
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A laboratory has found the Bluetongue  virus in a cow in eastern England, the agriculture ministry  said on Saturday, the first case in Britain and a fresh setback  for the country&#39;s farming industry.
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Government vets confirm the discovery of a third case of midge-borne bluetongue disease in Suffolk.
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Initial test results showed that a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Britain was caused by the same strain of virus which was declared &quot;eradicated&quot; just last week, leaving British health officials battling to control the situation Friday.
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Science & environment: A rare but highly infectious outbreak of Q fever being investigated after 28 people in Gloucestershire contract bug spread by livestock.
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The EU Commission hopes for a vaccine next year to protect farms against the bluetongue strain moving northwards through Europe, and is planning rule changes to help, a spokesman said Monday.
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Probes into the UK's recent foot-and-mouth outbreak find the virus was in a pipe on a nearby laboratory site.
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Five new bluetongue cases prompt the extension of control zones in East Sussex and East Anglia.
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A laboratory has found the Bluetongue virus in a cow in eastern England, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday, the first case in Britain and a fresh setback for the country's farming industry.