New foot-and-mouth report in Britain
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday that foot-and-mouth disease had been contained within a small area of England, despite tests for a suspected new outbreak in a herd several miles from the initial cluster of cases.
Activities:2007 UK Foot-and-mouth Disease
2007-08-10
Britain eases foot and mouth restrictions
Britain eased restrictions on animal movements imposed over a foot and mouth outbreak Wednesday, even as the European Union extended its ban on British meat and livestock exports.
Nations:France Activities:2007 UK Foot-and-mouth Disease
2007-08-08
British foot and mouth outbreak spreads
Britain confirmed a second outbreak of foot and mouth disease in a herd of cattle in southern England on Tuesday, raising fears the highly damaging animal disease may spread.
Nations:France Activities:2007 UK Foot-and-mouth Disease
2007-08-07
Britain finds further suspect case of foot and mouth
British animal health inspectors discovered another herd of cattle suspected of having foot and mouth disease on Monday, raising fears that the virus may not be as contained as initially hoped.
Activities:2007 UK Foot-and-mouth Disease
2007-08-07
UK says labs "probable" source of cattle disease
Government investigators found a "strong probability" on Tuesday that the strain of virus behind an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Britain came from two research labs near the site of the infection.
Activities:2007 UK Foot-and-mouth Disease
2007-08-07
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