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| Pig is tested for foot-and-mouth | Pig is tested for foot-and-mouth |
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| Vets are investigating a suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at an abattoir in Essex where the 2001 outbreak was first discovered. | Vets are investigating a suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at an abattoir in Essex where the 2001 outbreak was first discovered. |
| The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said tests were being carried out on a pig at Cheale Meats abattoir near Brentwood. | The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said tests were being carried out on a pig at Cheale Meats abattoir near Brentwood. |
| The abattoir is closed, and farmers are being told of a ban on livestock movements within a five mile radius. | The abattoir is closed, and farmers are being told of a ban on livestock movements within a five mile radius. |
| The results of the tests could be known later in the day. | The results of the tests could be known later in the day. |
| The BBC Radio 4 programme, Farming Today, said samples from the pig, which had a blistered nose, had been sent to the Institute of Animal Health laboratories in Surrey. | The BBC Radio 4 programme, Farming Today, said samples from the pig, which had a blistered nose, had been sent to the Institute of Animal Health laboratories in Surrey. |
| Vets are also investigating the possibility the pig may have swine vesicular disease. | |
| The symptoms of swine vesicular disease in pigs are clinically indistinguishable from those of foot and mouth disease, according to the Defra website. | |
| A routine inspection at Cheale Meats in February 2001 found signs of foot-and-mouth disease in 27 pigs. | A routine inspection at Cheale Meats in February 2001 found signs of foot-and-mouth disease in 27 pigs. |