Fears mount in UK over upsurge in FMD outbreaks

Concern was mounting in the UK last week that the decline seen in the incidence of foot and mouth disease during the summer could be about thrown into reverse.

The identification of seventeen new cases in the northern counties of Northumberland and County Durham fuelled fears that there could be surge in outbreaks during the autumn, when animals have be moved from the high pastures.

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