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.

Foot and Mouth Might Be Back! - Temporary Control Zone Established In Surrey
SURREY - This morning a Temporary Control Zone has been put around a grazing area in Surrey. The cattle are to be culled on suspicion of the disease whilst laboratory test results are awaited.

EU drops most foot-and-mouth restrictions on the export of British meat, animals
BRUSSELS - The European Commission said Tuesday it would ease restrictions on the movement of animals and animal products from Britain after an EU veterinary panel said last month's outbreak of food-and-mouth disease was now "fully contained."

Merial Statement Following Release Of UK Government Reports On Foot And Mouth Disease Outbreak In The UK
UK - Merial welcomes the HSE and Spratt reports issued this morning by DEFRA which do not find any biosecurity breach by Merial.

Scottish Farmers Anger at Biosecurity Failures
UK - Scotland’s farming community is reacting with anger to the official reports today which outline serious biosecurity lapses at the facility that appears to have caused the 2007 foot and mouth outbreak; an outbreak that has cost farmers millions of...

Foot-and-mouth labs must be made safer, say farm leaders
IRELAND - Irish farmers have called for the Pirbright laboratory at the centre of last month's foot and mouth (FMD) outbreak in Britain to be relocated to a safer, more protected facility away from a flood plain.

FMD disinfection points to be discontinued
IRELAND - Disinfection points at Irish ports and airports, introduced in the immediate aftermath of last month's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain, are being discontinued with effect from tomorrow