Foot and mouth tests negative on fourth farm
LONDON (Reuters) - Foot and mouth tests on livestock on a fourth farm in southern England outside an initial containment zone have proved negative, the government said on Saturday, easing fears the disease had spread.
11 August 2007
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Tests on a third farm within that initial surveillance zone proved negative.
"The results (on the fourth farm) were negative and the temporary control zone has been lifted," a spokesman for the farm and environment ministry, Defra, said.
Source: Reuters
