More than 8000 animals will be slaughtered
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Last Update: 2001-08-29
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Introduction: six new cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been found in Northumberland in the past three days, UK officials confirmed Tuesday The epidemic prevention department is worried that foot-and-mouth disease may be re prevalent in this area Since 23 this month, foot-and-mouth disease has spread to six places near the towns of Hector and Allandale in Northumberland, northeast England For three months, these places were free from foot-and-mouth disease At present, the British epidemic prevention department has taken strict quarantine measures in the nearby areas, forbidding the migration of livestock and re closing the rural pedestrian roads The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in these areas means that more than 8000 more livestock will be killed About six months ago, British epidemic prevention officials found the first foot-and-mouth disease case this year in Northumberland Since then, 1979 cases have been found nationwide and more than 3.76 million livestock have been slaughtered The British government announced two months ago that foot-and-mouth disease was basically under control (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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