Foot-And-Mouth 'May Be Contained'
UK - The foot-and mouth outbreak is unlikely to have spread outside Surrey, the government has announced.
10 August 2007
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| Two cases have so far been confirmed inside the 10km surveillance zone |
Meanwhile, the BBC has learned that initial tests at a farm outside the existing 10km (6.2 miles) surveillance zone are negative.
Two farms near Guildford have tested positive for the disease, while animals culled at a third inside the zone did not have foot-and-mouth, Defra said.
Gordon Brown has said the UK is "open for business" following the outbreak.
'Clinical suspicion'
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said Hunts Hill Farm inside the surveillance zone, where 362 cows, sheep, pigs and goats were destroyed as a precautionary measure, did not have the disease.
There was "clinical suspicion" of foot-and-mouth at a farm at Wotton, near Dorking.
The farm is outside the surveillance zone but a 3km (1.8 mile) temporary protection zone has been put in place.
Government sources have told the BBC a second batch of results from the Wotton farm are likely to be available later on Friday.
Earlier, Laurence Matthews, who leases the farm, said he was "absolutely sure" his cattle did not have foot-and-mouth, but he called a vet as a precaution.
