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| New foot-and-mouth case confirmed | New foot-and-mouth case confirmed |
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| A fourth case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed on a farm in the Egham area of Surrey, officials say. | |
| The Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) said around 40 cattle had been culled on the premises, within the current 3km protection zone. | |
| Tests were carried out after the animals showed signs of the disease. | |
| The disease has been confirmed at three other farms in the Egham area during the last two weeks; the latest case is the sixth in Surrey since early August. | The disease has been confirmed at three other farms in the Egham area during the last two weeks; the latest case is the sixth in Surrey since early August. |
| A Defra spokeswoman said: "Positive test results for foot-and-mouth disease have now been confirmed at the site where it was decided that cattle should be slaughtered on suspicion." | |
| The spokeswoman added that "minor changes" had been made to the protection and surveillance zones. | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Four 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. | Four 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 Airfreight laboratory site. | |
| Some 1,800 animals have so far 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 so far 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. |