Foot-and-mouth disease found in cows at Shanghai's Fengxian District

Source: Xinhua | February 12, 2009, Thursday |

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FOOT-and-mouth disease was found in Shanghai, said the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday.

On Feb. 3, 41 milch cow developed the symptom of foot-and-mouth disease in the Wusi cattle farm in Fengxian district on the outskirts of Shanghai, while the disease was confirmed by national lab yesterday.

Emergency measures were taken and some 440 cows in the cattle farm were culled.

No outbreak of the disease has been discovered outside the cattle farm yet.

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Foot-and-mouth disease found in cows at Shanghai's Fengxian District

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