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| New foot-and-mouth case suspected | New foot-and-mouth case suspected |
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| There is a "clinical suspicion" of a new foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey - outside of the existing surveillance zone, it has been announced. | There is a "clinical suspicion" of a new foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey - outside of the existing surveillance zone, it has been announced. |
| Chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds told a news conference a new 3km (1.8 mile) temporary control zone had been put around a farm near Dorking. | |
| An outbreak at the site would be the first outside the existing 10km (6.2 miles) surveillance zone. | An outbreak at the site would be the first outside the existing 10km (6.2 miles) surveillance zone. |
| That is around two Guildford farms where the disease has been confirmed. | |
| Ms Reynolds said the new control zone at a farm to the west of Dorking - not far from the two confirmed cases of the disease near Guildford - had been set up after an "inconclusive assessment" of symptoms in cattle. | |
| She said the disease had not been confirmed and that laboratory results would follow. | |
| 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 | 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 |
| "This is a developing disease situation," she added. | |
| "The containment and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease remains our priority. | "The containment and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease remains our priority. |
| "This is why we have moved swiftly to put in place a temporary control zone while we investigate this development." | "This is why we have moved swiftly to put in place a temporary control zone while we investigate this development." |
| The first cases of foot-and-mouth were found in cattle at Woolford Farm, near Guildford, last Friday and a second outbreak was confirmed at a neighbouring farm on Monday. Cattle in both cases have been culled. | |
| A 3km (1.8 mile) protection zone was set up around the original affected farms as well as a wider 10km (6.2 miles) surveillance zone. | |
| Some 362 amimals have been culled at a third farm within that surveillance zone, on suspicion that the disease could be developing there. | |
| Results of tests at that farm have yet to be announced. | |
| Vaccinations call | |
| Speaking after Ms Reynolds' latest announcement, Hugh Broom, of the Surrey branch of the National Farmers' Union, said the new 3km control zone was "a worrying development". | |
| If it's a confirmed outbreak then I do think the government is going to have to look at other options than the culling option that it's been looking at so far Chris HuhneLib Dems | |
| "It will be worrying for our members here and for farmers elsewhere in the country," he told BBC News. | |
| "But, thankfully at the moment, we're not talking about an outbreak outside Surrey." | |
| Lib Dem environment spokesman Chris Huhne urged the government to consider vaccinations to stop the disease spreading. | Lib Dem environment spokesman Chris Huhne urged the government to consider vaccinations to stop the disease spreading. |
| "If it's a confirmed outbreak then I do think the government is going to have to look at other options than the culling option that it's been looking at so far," he told BBC News. | "If it's a confirmed outbreak then I do think the government is going to have to look at other options than the culling option that it's been looking at so far," he told BBC News. |
| "It does seem to be spreading outside the surveillance zone and the last thing we want is another 2001 spreading throughout the countryside." | "It does seem to be spreading outside the surveillance zone and the last thing we want is another 2001 spreading throughout the countryside." |