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| Cattle are being slaughtered at a farm in Surrey on suspicion of having foot-and-mouth disease. | Cattle are being slaughtered at a farm in Surrey on suspicion of having foot-and-mouth disease. |
| The cull follows tests on animals within the existing protection zone set up in the county, where there have been seven infected premises since August. | The cull follows tests on animals within the existing protection zone set up in the county, where there have been seven infected premises since August. |
| Defra said there was no timetable for when the results of tests involving the latest case would be known. | Defra said there was no timetable for when the results of tests involving the latest case would be known. |
| Tory shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth said the suspected case would come as "terrible news to farmers". | Tory shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth said the suspected case would come as "terrible news to farmers". |
| The latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth began in August when two farms in Surrey were found to have the disease. | |
| Leaking pipes at the nearby Pirbright laboratory site were blamed as the source of the outbreak. | |
| Restrictions 'to be eased' | |
| Just days after the government declared the UK free of the disease it emerged again in farms near Egham in Surrey. | |
| Five new cases have emerged, with cattle at a farm in Englefield Green testing positive last week after being culled. | |
| A 3km (1.9-mile) protection zone is in place around the farms. | |
| The government has said restrictions on moving livestock to markets in areas classed as being low risk for foot-and-mouth are to be eased next week. | |
| Farmers in England and Wales will be able to move their livestock from Thursday, 4 October as long as the situation does not change. | |
| In Scotland, slaughter markets will resume on Monday, but it is not known when livestock markets will resume. |