Third Incident of foot-and-mouth discovered
UK - A third case of foot-and-mouth disease was identified by government vets yesterday.

Farmers' Auction Off Due To Ban
UK - Britain's biggest sale of breeding lambs has been cancelled because of restrictions on animal movements.

EU scorns British foot and mouth errors
UK - Hilary Benn, the environment secretary, is facing fresh embarrassment after a senior European Union official said that biosecurity at the government site blamed for the foot and mouth outbreak was a "parody".

Vets on standby to vaccinate
UK - Specially trained teams will be standing by from tomorrow ready to vaccinate livestock against foot and mouth. The move marks an extraordinary government U-turn from the last outbreak six years ago – and a victory for an Independent on Sunday ca...

Foot and mouth went unnoticed for 10 days
UK - As more animals are culled amid fears of foot and mouth spreading, government vets have launched an investigation into how the virus could have gone unnoticed for more than a week at a farm at the centre of the latest outbreak.

England eases foot and mouth restrictions as cull continues
LONDON - England on Sunday eased transport restrictions imposed after the latest outbreaks of foot and mouth as the culling continued in an attempt to contain the disease.

Infected cows ‘harboured virus for two weeks’
UK - A farmer who missed the symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease in his cattle is thought to be the most likely reason for the resurgence of the virus in Surrey.

Someone must take control of foot and mouth
UK - Who'd be a livestock farmer? It is difficult to explain the depth of fury and frustration that the confirmation of a second new case of foot and mouth in Surrey will have caused in the countryside.

Vets to ease foot and mouth restrictions
UK - Government vets are expected to allow the movement of livestock to abattoirs across almost all of England in the next few days after fears of the renewed foot and mouth outbreak spreading nationwide eased yesterday.

Foot and Mouth Outbreak 'costing farms £10m a day'
UK - The farming industry is losing almost £10 million every day under the restrictions imposed due to the fresh foot-and-mouth outbreak, the National Farmers Union has said.

Scottish call to relax foot-and-mouth curbs
SCOTLAND - Scottish officials will push for the lifting of further restrictions on animal movements if it can be proved that no animal from the surveillance zone in Surrey came north of the Border this week.

Outbreak At Second Farm Confirmed
SURREY - Cattle culled at a second Surrey farm have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, it has been confirmed.

Welsh Farm Disease Restrictions Eased
UK - Restrictions on the movement of animals in Wales and Scotland imposed after the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey have been eased.

UK govt defends actions over Foot-and-Mouth
UK - The UK government has defended its handling of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks this summer, denying claims that they sounded the "all-clear" too soon.

FMD Blow To Exports And Industry
UK - The ban on exports is costing the UK farming industry in the region of £2 million per day.

FMD: Government Must Compensate Farmers
SURREY - The Tenant Farmers Association has described the news of a fresh outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Surrey as heartbreaking, reports Farming UK.

NI Back On Foot-And-Mouth Alert
NORTHERN IRELAND - Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew is to brief the Executive on Northern Ireland's response to the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak in England.

FMD Strain ‘Same’ As Previous One, Reports Say
SURREY - It is being reported that initial tests show the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak in Egham, in Surrey, is the same strain as the outbreak on two farms in the same county last month.

National Movement Ban And Slaughter On Suspicion
ENGLAND - Limited movements of animals susceptible to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) will be allowed under strict biosecurity arrangements to address immediate welfare issues, in line with the contingency plan. The ban on movements of animals susceptible...

Defra Confirms New Foot-And-Mouth Case
SURREY - Initial laboratory tests on the samples taken this morning from the cattle on the holding in Surrey where disease was suspected have indicated the presence of Foot and Mouth Disease.