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British health officials: latest cases were not foot-and-mouth
Aug 15, 2007, 20:06 GMT
London - The British government Wednesday sounded the all- clear regarding two latest suspected foot-and-mouth cases in southern England, saying that tests were negative.
Chief veterinary officer Dr. Debby Reynolds said initial tests on a farm in the Romney Marsh area of Kent, carried out after a farmer was alarmed that his cattle were displaying symptoms, proved negative.
Animals at Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo in Surrey, south- west of London, also tested negative for the highly infectious disease, she said.
The latest suspected cases followed an outbreak last weekend when aruond 580 animals were culled in a preventive measure to keep the disease from spreading. Health experts believe the disease outbreak originated at a research laboratory in Pirbright in Surrey, but it remained unclear how it happened.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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