British animal health officials said on Wednesday they were lifting a ban on the movement of livestock to slaughter outside a foot and mouth protection zone from midnight. The decision has been taken today to permit the movement of live animals direct to
World Cup organisers are keeping an anxious eye on the growing foot-and-mouth crisis in Britain with fears that it could disrupt rugby's glamour event in the same way a similar problem hit the 2001 Six Nations championship.
Health inspectors are investigating the possibility that foot-and-mouth was transferred to a farm in Surrey by employees of a nearby research site. One line of inquiry is that workers at vaccine manufacturer Merial, at Pirbright, could have picked up the
Britains latest tussle with foot and mouth disease is unlikely to hamper the economy greatly this year as long as a repeat of the devastating 2001 outbreak is avoided, economists say - but it could drive prices higher. Two cattle herds in southern England
Defra confirms a second case of foot and mouth on a farm within the 3km protection zone. Between 50 and 100 cows on the affected farm have been culled.
A fresh suspect case of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected within the 3km protection zone set up around the farm where the first outbreak occurred. 50-100 cattle are being culled as a precaution. Test results due on Tuesday will confirm if this is a
Flooding is being examined as a possible cause of the foot and mouth disease outbreak, the Government's chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds said today. Inspectors fear that the infected animals may have contracted the virus through flood water at thei
For the second time in a month Thiruvanathapuram Zoo in Kerala is battling the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease. After one wild boar died of foot and mouth the zoo authorities decided to cull 19 others on Sunday but still don't know how many of th
Government officials believe human error at the private pharmaceutical firm Merial Animal Health is the most likely source for the return of foot and mouth disease. Senior officials believe the virus may have been transported by an individual or by a car
The strain of foot-and-mouth disease found at a Surrey farm has been identified, Defra has said. The strain in infected cattle (an O1 BFS67-like virus, isolated in the 1967 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Great Britain) is identical to that used for va