Foot and Mouth Returns as per ITN News

Bad news everyone, just been on the ITN News, that Foot and Mouth has
been confirmed on a farm in the South

Cattle in southern England have been found to be infected with Foot
and Mouth Disease.

A spokesman for Defra said animals on a farm near Guildford in Surrey
had tested positive for the disease.

He said: "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
virus is present in samples from cattle on the premises."

"On the basis of initial laboratory results, Debby Reynolds, UK Chief
Veterinary Officer, has confirmed Foot and Mouth Disease. In
accordance with the legislation, all the cattle on the premises will
be culled."

A protection zone, three kilometres in radius, and a surveillance zone
of 10 kilometres has been placed around the premises.

A meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency contingencies committee
has been held to discuss the outbreak, with Prime Minister Gordon
Brown taking part by telephone from his holiday in Dorset.

A Downing Street spokeswoman said that Mr Brown will return from his
holiday on Saturday in order to chair another Cobra meeting at the
Cabinet Office.

A national movement ban of all ruminants and pigs has been imposed,
Defra said.

Last time there was a foot and mouth outbreak in 2001, it swept the
nation meaning that millions of pigs, cattle and sheep had to be
slaughtered and their carcasses burnt, costing taxpayers billions in
compensation.

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