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| Tests on cattle at a third Surrey farm have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, it has been confirmed. | Tests on cattle at a third Surrey farm have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, it has been confirmed. |
| Livestock on the Egham farm, known locally as The Klondyke, owned by John and Sally Hepplethwaite, are being culled as a precaution. | |
| The disease was confirmed in slaughtered cattle at two other farms in the same area last week. | The disease was confirmed in slaughtered cattle at two other farms in the same area last week. |
| Initial tests on pigs culled on a fourth farm in the same area tested negative for foot-and-mouth. | Initial tests on pigs culled on a fourth farm in the same area tested negative for foot-and-mouth. |
| The farm where the latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed lies within an existing 3km (1.8-mile) protection zone. | |
| The three latest confirmed cases were just a few miles away from the Pirbright research complex - blamed as the source for the foot-and-mouth outbreaks at two other farms last month. | |
| The new cases are also believed to involve the same strain of the disease found in the outbreaks last month. | The new cases are also believed to involve the same strain of the disease found in the outbreaks last month. |
| 'Disturbing news' | 'Disturbing news' |
| Shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth described news of a new case as "disturbing". | Shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth described news of a new case as "disturbing". |
| "All of us, especially in the farming community have been hoping that the outbreak is now over. | "All of us, especially in the farming community have been hoping that the outbreak is now over. |
| "It was caused by negligence by the government and its agencies. We have to hope that the government will now be competent in dealing with the clean-up," he said. | "It was caused by negligence by the government and its agencies. We have to hope that the government will now be competent in dealing with the clean-up," he said. |
| Zones are imposed around places where outbreaks have been confirmed and related sitesEnlarge Map | Zones are imposed around places where outbreaks have been confirmed and related sitesEnlarge Map |
| A report into last month's outbreak found it was probably caused by leaking drains, heavy rain and building work at the Pirbright site, four miles from where the disease was originally found. | A report into last month's outbreak found it was probably caused by leaking drains, heavy rain and building work at the Pirbright site, four miles from where the disease was originally found. |
| But the Health and Safety Executive said it was not clear which of the two labs which share the site - Merial, a private pharmaceutical company, and the Institute of Animal Health (IAH) - was responsible. | But the Health and Safety Executive said it was not clear which of the two labs which share the site - Merial, a private pharmaceutical company, and the Institute of Animal Health (IAH) - was responsible. |
| On Saturday, the government's chief vet lifted a ban on farmers across most of England from taking livestock to slaughter. | On Saturday, the government's chief vet lifted a ban on farmers across most of England from taking livestock to slaughter. |
| However, livestock can still not be traded or moved for any other reason. | However, livestock can still not be traded or moved for any other reason. |
| A full ban on any movement remains in place in the surveillance zone around the two infected sites in Surrey. | A full ban on any movement remains in place in the surveillance zone around the two infected sites in Surrey. |
| A 3km (1.8-mile) protection zone has been set up around the farmland, with a 10km (6.2-mile) surveillance zone encircling it. | A 3km (1.8-mile) protection zone has been set up around the farmland, with a 10km (6.2-mile) surveillance zone encircling it. |