UK Confirms New Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
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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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The farming industry in Wales speaks of its shock as a new case of foot-and-mouth disease is confirmed in Surrey.
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British government sources confirmed a suspected outbreak of foot and mouth disease on a cattle farm in southern England on Wednesday, according to reports on BBC and Sky television.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Britain&#39;s chief vet on Saturday again urged farmers to be vigilant after another case of foot and mouth disease was confirmed in cattle in south-east England.
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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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Scientists are investigating the cause of the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak at two farms in Surrey.
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The EU confirms a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Hungary.
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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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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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Foot and mouth disease has struck a new  cattle farm in southern England, the government said on  Wednesday, prompting the European Union to ban British meat,  dairy and livestock exports.
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A suspected new case of foot-and-mouth disease is discovered 30 miles from the last outbreak in Surrey.