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UK authorities confident FMD contained - again
Jamie Day, Editor
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There are now three further confirmed cases of foot and mouth disease (FMD) since the infection reappeared in the UK county of Surrey last week, all within the same geographical area as the two initial cases in early August. Veterinary officials are also investigating suspicious symptoms on a site much further away. However, the decision not to start an emergency vaccination programme indicates that the authorities are reasonably confident that the latest episode of disease has been contained.
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› Email us for details | The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed the disease in sheep on a farm within the 3km protection zone around the two farms where animals with the disease were culled last week. It is understood to be a smallholding with small numbers of cattle, sheep and pigs, all of which have been slaughtered as a control measure. However, pigs on a nearby farm culled on suspicion of the disease on September 15th have now been declared free of the disease, despite reports to the contrary in the national media at the time....
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