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Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

EU keeps ban on British meat; 2001 outbreak cost $17B

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 12, 2007 1:08 PM CDT
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(Newser) – A new case of foot and mouth disease has struck a cattle farm in England—a day after the EU had decided to lift its ban on British beef. The EU will keep the ban for now, Reuters reports, and the British government has sprung into action—quarantining the area, killing affected cattle, and banning movement of livestock throughout the UK.

Foot and mouth is an extremely contagious disease that spreads on the wind and has an incubation period of three weeks. Cases of the disease were found in July and August, and Britain has been attempting to declare itself foot-and-mouth-free. A 2001 outbreak is estimated to have cost the agriculture and tourism industries as much as $17B.

Police officers secure the area around a farm near Egham, southeast England , Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007. There has been a confirmed case of foot and mouth disease at the farm, where livestock are being kulled and a 10km protection zone is set up around the area, which is about 10km...
Police officers secure the area around a farm near Egham, southeast England , Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007. There has been a confirmed case of foot and mouth disease at the farm, where livestock are being...   (Associated Press)
Cows graze near Egham in Surrey, England , Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007. British authorities confirmed the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease Wednesday at a farm on the outskirts of London, sparking concerns of another outbreak only days after it was believed eradicated. The highly contagious disease was found on a farm in...
Cows graze near Egham in Surrey, England , Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007. British authorities confirmed the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease Wednesday at a farm on the outskirts of London, sparking concerns...   (Associated Press)
Officials enter a field at a farm near 'keep out' and 'no entry' signs near Egham in Surrey, England , Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007. The British government confirmed Wednesday the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease on the southwest outskirts of London. Britain's chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds confirmed in a statement that...
Officials enter a field at a farm near 'keep out' and 'no entry' signs near Egham in Surrey, England , Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007. The British government confirmed Wednesday the discovery of foot-and-mouth...   (Associated Press)
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