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.
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
DEFRA has confirmed that foot and mouth disease movement restrictions will be lifted outside the Risk Area on Wednesday 15 October in parallel with the lifting of the foot and mouth protection zone in Surrey.
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
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
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.
The EU export ban on British meat which has cost farmers £1m a week since it was imposed after the foot and mouth outbreak is to be lifted this weekend.
In the report into last months FMD outbreak in Surrey, Professor Brian Spratt of Imperial College London, noted that foot and mouth virus could survive in slurry for six months, on hay or straw for 20 weeks, and in water up to 50 days.
Two journalists covering the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Surrey have been arrested after breaching a cordon inside a protected zone close to Wanborough. The two freelance male journalists were charged under Section 27 of the Animal Health Act an
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
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
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
Eases in Government restrictions after the foot-and-mouth outbreak means livestock markets will resume from Monday. Animals prone to the disease can also be taken to shows from that day, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said. The ne
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
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
It has been agreed this morning [23 Aug 2007] that live animals and meat products can be exported from outside of the Surveillance Zone in Surrey, from Sat 25 Aug 2007, to the rest of the European Union, with additional veterinary supervision and ce
The Government chief vet has ruled out vaccination against foot and mouth despite confirmation the virus had been found on another farm in Surrey, the third this month.
The government has set up a 10km (6.2 mile) control zone centred on the affected site near Egham, Surrey, and a pre-emptive slaughter has been ordered.