New FMD outbreak confirmed

Updated: 22:45, Friday, 21 September 2007

In Britain another case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed tonight in Surrey.

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Foot and Mouth - Sixth case confirmed

The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said cattle on a farm in the same area as three other recent cases have tested positive for the disease.

Around 40 cows on the farm in the Egham area were already being slaughtered as a precaution.

It is the sixth confirmed case of foot-and-mouth in the county since the initial outbreak at the start of August.

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