Three suspected cases of FMD in the UK
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Last Update: 2001-04-25
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Lead: three suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease were found in Britain Reuters news the British government announced on Tuesday that it would investigate three suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease, one of which was caused by the infection of slaughterers by large intestine secretion of livestock A spokesman for the British Ministry of Health told reporters that two other suspicious cases of human foot and mouth disease were found The Department of health declined to give details of two other suspected cases of FMD in humans and whether they were involved in the destruction of infected FMD animals Government officials have made dire claims that slaughterers may be infected with foot-and-mouth disease, with a view to indicating the "extraordinary environment" in which suspicious patients live If confirmed, it would be the first human FMD since the outbreak of FMD in England in 1966-67 There is no evidence that foot-and-mouth disease can spread from person to person China feed industry information network 5tw
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