Fears over horse virus
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A POTENTIALLY devastating equine disease has been detected in the heart of Newmarket&#39;s multi-million pound bloodstock industry.
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NI poultry farmers are told to be extra vigilant following a bird flu outbreak in the east of England.
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The latest variant of the Sober virus was released on Friday and has been spreading over the weekend, but antivirus experts say the situation could have been much worse.
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LONDON  - Thousands of people who received plasma or other blood products in Britain received letters from the government Tuesday warning that they may have been exposed to the deadly human form of mad cow disease.
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Officials are concerned by the detection of a rare strain of H.I.V. that appears to lead to the rapid onset of AIDS, but some experts are skeptical about the alarm.
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Thoroughbred escaped from his paddock and may have joined a herd of wild horses
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A fourth animal has been found to have contracted the bluetongue disease in Suffolk, Defra says.
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HUNDREDS of patients of Addenbrooke&#39;s Hospital have been warned they may have come into contact with the human form of &quot;mad cow disease&quot;.
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Farmers' leaders are optimistic the UK's first case of bluetongue disease may be an isolated incident.
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A spate of recent deaths has stirred fears of a broader outbreak among people and raised the possibility of a human pandemic.
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The racing office at Laurel Park bars horses shipping in to run from Virginia on Thursday, taking precaution against the spread of equine herpes virus.
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Australia's multi-billion dollar racing industry was plunged into turmoil on Saturday after an outbreak of equine influenza triggered a national lockdown.
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Thoroughbred racing was banned indefinitely on Monday in Australia's most populous state of New South Wales, as an outbreak of equine flu spread to 51 horses and another 450 horses were suspected of being infected.
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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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The threat of animal diseases  spreading to humans is increasing and governments must improve  coordination to prevent them from becoming pandemic, world  health officials and vets said on Thursday.
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Equine influenza appears to have spread to Australia's thoroughbreds after one tests positive for the virus.
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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.