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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. | |
| Officials are still investigating the original source of the outbreak. | Officials are still investigating the original source of the outbreak. |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| "I cannot rule out that disease is developing on the premises," she said. |