Disease import sheep 'was tested'
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The farmer whose imported sheep is the first bluetongue case in Wales said he followed biosecurity rules.
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Results of tests to establish whether a farm worker contracted bird flu are due to be revealed.
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Suspected case of cattle disease in Surrey, days after government declared outbreak over.
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A vet reportedly involved in clearing up at a British factory farm after the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was detected has tested negative for the disease, officials have said.
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Authorities are investigating a suspected bird disease outbreak at a farm in north Wales, the Welsh assembly said on Thursday.
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Tests have confirmed an outbreak of foot and mouth disease at a third farm this month, the environment ministry said Tuesday.
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Campaigners today call for urgent tests on the nation's farm animals after the emergence of a new strain of MRSA which has spread rapidly among farmers in Europe, causing an array of serious infections.
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LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - Britain's Health  Protection Agency said on Wednesday it had developed two  diagnostic tests to detect bird flu in case the outbreaks seen  in poultry spread to humans.
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Tests are being carried out Sunday to determine the extent of bluetongue infection after the first-ever case was detected in Britain, where farmers are already dealing with foot-and-mouth disease.
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The Indian government is  investigating reports that blood samples that could be  contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease had entered  the country from Britain, a top official said on Tuesday.
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Doctors have given the all-clear to a worker tested for the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu on a British farm hit by the virus, the second negative test there.
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A suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is discovered in the UK near the site of the last outbreak.
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Scientists are investigating the cause of the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak at two farms in Surrey.
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An animal suspected of having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a second round of sophisticated testing, the US Agriculture
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Cow to be culled after testing positive for  bluetongue virus on farm near Middlesbrough, Defra says
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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.
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A new case of bluetongue has been detected in Britain, for the first time in Scotland, the Scottish government said Saturday.