Preliminary test results showed that there was no foot-and-mouth disease in British cattle

Lead: preliminary tests on a suspected FMD cow from a Yorkshire farm turned negative, according to the USDA's website On the afternoon of April 11, when the Department of agriculture's Department of environment, food and Rural Affairs (Defra) took preventive measures to restrict the transportation of livestock, people were more worried about the possible outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease The Ministry of agriculture has designated the farm near yarm, North Yorkshire, as a livestock embargo area, 8 kilometers around Before that, due to the inability of farmers to deal with the condition of cattle, a veterinarian from Defra was invited The farm's livestock were infected with FMD in May 2001, and the number of livestock on hand decreased After the cleaning and disinfection, the farm began to raise livestock again, with a small number at the beginning At the beginning of this year, the farm will not be fully disinfected After finding the suspected diseased cattle, the pathological tissue samples were taken for examination None of the livestock, including cattle suspected of being ill, was slaughtered The farm was closed, and the Ministry of Agriculture began to investigate the source of livestock in the farm, banning all livestock transportation within 8 kilometers of the farm The livestock embargo is a measure taken when the EU requires FMD to be confirmed Pathological tissue samples were sent to the animal health laboratory of Pirbright College of surey for urgent examination of FMD The preliminary results released on the morning of April 12 showed that the pathological specimen test was negative, but the comprehensive test results must wait for further test results It will take four days to complete the comprehensive test results That is to say, the preliminary test results enhance people's hope that this incident is just a false alarm Indeed, the fact that Defra has decided not to slaughter cattle suspected of FMD may be a sign that although Defra is unable or unwilling to completely deny the possibility of FMD, it still does not believe that this is a case of FMD This situation is similar to a similar false alarm in February this year Although several suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease in a year are normal, the British media have carried out extensive reports on this As in previous reports, these media reports indicate that the cloud of foot-and-mouth disease last year is still hanging over the UK for a long time.