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| Suspect farm disease case probed | Suspect farm disease case probed |
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| A sixth suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is being investigated in Surrey, Defra has said. | A sixth suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is being investigated in Surrey, Defra has said. |
| Around 40 cattle feared to have the disease have been slaughtered on a farm within the current 3km protection zone. | |
| Tests were carried out after the animals displayed clinical signs of the disease but a Defra spokeswoman said the results had not yet been confirmed. | Tests were carried out after the animals displayed clinical signs of the disease but a Defra spokeswoman said the results had not yet been confirmed. |
| There have so far been five confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth near Egham in Surrey since the start of August. | There have so far been five confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth near Egham in Surrey since the start of August. |
| Solihull tests | Solihull tests |
| A number of sites outside Surrey have also been investigated and several control zones set up, but these have all proved to be false alarms. | A number of sites outside Surrey have also been investigated and several control zones set up, but these have all proved to be false alarms. |
| On Thursday a temporary control zone imposed around a farm near Solihull, West Midlands was lifted after tests on animals for the disease proved negative. | On Thursday a temporary control zone imposed around a farm near Solihull, West Midlands was lifted after tests on animals for the disease proved negative. |
| A Defra spokeswoman said: "The decision has been taken to slaughter cattle on suspicion of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in Surrey. | A Defra spokeswoman said: "The decision has been taken to slaughter cattle on suspicion of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in Surrey. |
| "This follows a veterinary inspection of the affected cattle on a parcel of land in the existing protection zone. | "This follows a veterinary inspection of the affected cattle on a parcel of land in the existing protection zone. |
| "There is no timetable for when laboratory results from these premises will be received." | "There is no timetable for when laboratory results from these premises will be received." |
| Laboratory results showed the latest incidence of foot-and-mouth in Surrey revealed the strain of the disease was the same as all the other cases in the outbreak. | Laboratory results showed the latest incidence of foot-and-mouth in Surrey revealed the strain of the disease was the same as all the other cases in the outbreak. |
| Restrictions lifted | Restrictions lifted |
| Animals on the fifth premises had the same strain as the previous four infected farms. | Animals on the fifth premises had the same strain as the previous four infected farms. |
| Three new cases near Egham have emerged in the last two weeks - just days after officials declared the UK free of the disease following the August outbreak. | Three new cases near Egham have emerged in the last two weeks - just days after officials declared the UK free of the disease following the August outbreak. |
| That has been blamed on the virus escaping from leaking pipes at the nearby Pirbright laboratory site. | That has been blamed on the virus escaping from leaking pipes at the nearby Pirbright laboratory site. |
| Some 1,800 animals have been slaughtered since the outbreak, at what is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year for livestock sales. | Some 1,800 animals have been slaughtered since the outbreak, at what is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year for livestock sales. |
| Some of the movement restrictions outside the surveillance zone have been lifted. | Some of the movement restrictions outside the surveillance zone have been lifted. |
| Licences are now available to allow pigs to be moved for welfare reasons, and the movement of animals up to 3km (1.8 miles) or cows for calving up to 50km (31 miles) between premises belonging to the same owner. | Licences are now available to allow pigs to be moved for welfare reasons, and the movement of animals up to 3km (1.8 miles) or cows for calving up to 50km (31 miles) between premises belonging to the same owner. |