A ban on livestock movement due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Surrey is to be eased from midnight on Wednesday, British government official announced.
"The decision has been taken to permit the movement of live animals direct to slaughter and the collection of dead animals from farms from midnight Wednesday," Chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds said at a news conference.
Farmers outside the county's protection and surveillance zones will be allowed to take animals to slaughter and dispose of dead livestock.
Meanwhile, culling has been ordered on a third farm close to the first and second farms already affected.
The Chief veterinary officer said she had ordered livestock on a third farm in Surrey to be killed on suspicion the disease may have spread, but she gave no details of the number of livestock involved.
Tests on the virus at the second farm had found that the strain of foot and mouth was the same as that found on the first, the official said.
She said the new rules on livestock movement were "low risk" of the virus spreading outside the protection and surveillance zones. But she said farmers who wanted to move animals had to follow strict licensing rules.
Source: Xinhua
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