Farm Restrictions Eased as Virus Spread Risk Ruled Low

Thursday, 16 August 2007

Farmers will be allowed to shift their livestock around their farms in the latest easing of the restrictions on animal movements arising from the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
Preliminary tests on animals suspected of having the disease at a Kent farm and at the Chessington World of Adventures' zoo turned up negative yesterday.
The easing of movement restrictions followed an epidemiology report, which said the risk of the virus spreading beyond the original outbreak was "very low".
Debby Reynolds, the chief veterinary officer, said: "I think this demonstrates the tremendous vigilance that people are showing and the speedy response but clearly we need to keep aware that we haven't got the final test results from these premises."

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