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| Animal movement ban to be relaxed | Animal movement ban to be relaxed |
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| A ban on livestock movement brought in following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey is to be eased from midnight, the government has announced. | A ban on livestock movement brought in following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey is to be eased from midnight, the government has announced. |
| Farmers outside the county's protection and surveillance zones will be allowed to take animals to slaughter and dispose of dead livestock. | Farmers outside the county's protection and surveillance zones will be allowed to take animals to slaughter and dispose of dead livestock. |
| Meanwhile, culling has been ordered on a third farm close to the first and second farms already affected. | Meanwhile, culling has been ordered on a third farm close to the first and second farms already affected. |
| Officials are still investigating the original source of the outbreak. | Officials are still investigating the original source of the outbreak. |
| Allotment-link probed | Allotment-link probed |
| Health inspectors are looking into the possibility that foot-and-mouth was transferred by employees at nearby vaccine manufacturer Merial, based in Pirbright. | Health inspectors are looking into the possibility that foot-and-mouth was transferred by employees at nearby vaccine manufacturer Merial, based in Pirbright. |
| It is understood investigations have discovered a link between problems with drainage and the possible actions, accidental or deliberate, of Merial employees who may use the nearby allotments. | It is understood investigations have discovered a link between problems with drainage and the possible actions, accidental or deliberate, of Merial employees who may use the nearby allotments. |
| HOW FOOT-AND-MOUTH SPREADS Direct contact, from animal to animalFluid from an infected animal's blister; saliva, milk or dung also pass on the diseaseAnimals eating infected feedVirus can be spread by people or vehicles, if not disinfected Airborne spread of disease also possibleAnimals can begin spreading virus before visible signs of disease emergeSource: Defra Scottish restrictions relaxed Send us your comments | |
| Merial said there was no evidence the virus was spread by humans. | Merial said there was no evidence the virus was spread by humans. |
| Chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds told a news conference she had ordered livestock on a third farm in Surrey to be killed on suspicion the disease may have spread. | Chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds told a news conference she had ordered livestock on a third farm in Surrey to be killed on suspicion the disease may have spread. |
| "I cannot rule out that disease is developing on the premises," she said. | "I cannot rule out that disease is developing on the premises," she said. |
| The first cases of foot-and-mouth were found in cattle at Woolford Farm, near Guildford, on Friday and a second outbreak was confirmed at a farm on Monday. | |
| Dr Reynolds confirmed tests had found the strain of virus found on the second infected premises had been the same as the first. | |
| She said the new rules on livestock movement were "low risk" but said farmers who wanted to move animals had to follow strict licensing rules. | |
| "I continue to urge all farmers and all others involved to take the highest level of biosecurity measures and to follow the conditions of the licences in every respect," she said. | |
| Paul Langthorne, a buffalo farmer in North Yorkshire, told BBC Radio Five Live he was relieved restrictions had been eased. | |
| "If the ban had stayed on, we'd just have used up all the meat in the fridge and then we'd have had to stop trading," he said. |