More Cattle Lost In U.K.
tN.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, April 22. Britain’s fight against foot-and-mouth disease is again gathering momentum. Seven new cases last week, three of them in 24 hours, have given the Ministry of Agriculture its most worrying time since late February. Disinfectant baths and farm-gate barriers have been re-introduced in some areas. Many fanners see last week’s outbreaks as the prelude to another major epidemic like the one which cost the lives of nearly half a million animals and upwards of £loom. “Fearing what the next weeks could bring, the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to remobilise the teams of veterinary surgeons and assistants who fought the epidemic at its height,” reports the “Observer.” “It is particularly concerned about the cases which have been reported on farms not previously infected, and though intensive investigations have been made, they have not so far revealed a common source. “One theory is that the disease has been carried by rats moving along the canals. Farmers affected are quick to point out the number of cases where a canal borders the farm.”
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31661, 23 April 1968, Page 15
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