Britain says the final test for FMD is negative
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Last Update: 2002-04-17
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Source: Internet
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Lead: London, April 16 (Reuters) - a final test on a cow suspected of suffering from foot-and-mouth disease in northern England last week turned out to be negative, the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday This news finally dispelled people's fear of the possible outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, a devastating disease On Thursday, a farm in North Yorkshire was closed down after a cow developed symptoms similar to foot-and-mouth disease This is the second time in the past three months A preliminary test of the cow was carried out on Friday and the result was negative A spokesman for the Department of environment, food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said last week that an order banning livestock transport within eight kilometers of the farm had been cancelled OIE, the world's animal health watchdog, officially announced in January that the UK had eliminated foot-and-mouth disease Last year's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease destroyed millions of livestock in the UK, causing more than 2 billion pounds (2.87 billion US dollars) in economic losses.
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