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Monday, August 06, 2007
Foot and mouth disease flying on the wind?UK - Although tests carried out by biosafety experts in Britain have revealed the strain of foot and mouth disease found in cattle is the same as that used in vaccine production at a nearby animal health...
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Culling on FMD farm completedUK - Defra have confirmed that the culling of the cattle on the infected enterprise in Surrey was completed on Saturday.
Vaccine link to foot and mouth outbreakUK - The strain of foot and mouth outbreak identified in Surrey last week has been strongly linked to a nearby vaccine laboratory, the government has revealed.
Disease lab faces safety inquiry, protection zone extendedUK - Health and safety inspectors are to visit the research facility identified as a possible source of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey.
UFU urges local farmers to be vigilantUK - The President of the Ulster Farmers' Union, Kenneth Sharkey, said Saturday that local farmers faced an anxious wait following confirmation of a Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Surrey, England....
Pirbright investigation underway - sabotage or terrorism not ruled outUK - Whilst failings at Pirbright are a possible cause of the foot-and-mouth outbreak, DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn has said that the Government had not yet ruled out sabotage or terrorism.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Foot and Mouth Disease strain identifiedUK - The FMD strain found in Surrey is not one currently known to be recently found in animals, reports Defra.
Dairy industry well prepared for foot and mouth outbreakUK - Dairy UK said today the dairy industry was well prepared to respond effectively to the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Sur...
UK Foot-and-mouth outbreak: The slaughter beginsUK - The slaughter of animals infected by a fresh outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has begun on a farm in Surrey, England. Livestock...
CLA Response to Foot and Mouth Disease OutbreakUK - "It is with a sense of dread and foreboding that the farming industry awaits further details of the confirmed outbreak of foot and...
Foot and Mouth disease returns to hit UK farmersUK - Only six years has past since the the last epidemic, now a fresh outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed in the...
Foot And Mouth Confirmed In SurreyUK - Following an investigation of suspected vesicular disease by Animal Health on a holding near Guildford in Surrey, laboratory results have this evening indicated that the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)...
Friday, August 03, 2007
Foot and Mouth Disease confirmed in cattle, in Surrey, UKUK - DEFRA have confirmed that following an investigation of suspected vesicular disease on a holding near Guildford in Surrey, laboratory results on Friday evening, 3 August indicated the presence of...
DEFRA: Investigation of suspect case of vesicular disease in cattleUK - "A suspect case of vesicular disease in cattle is under investigation at a premises in Surrey.
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