Market Watch: UK gov. lab suspected in foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain
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UK gov. lab suspected in foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain
British officials said late Saturday that they suspect the strain of food-and-mouth disease recently discovered in cattle in southern England may have escaped from a nearby government laboratory studying the disease.
According to the Associated Press, U.K. agriculture officials told reporters that the strain, which had not been seen for some time in living animals, is identical to one being studied at the government's Institute for Animal Health laboratory.
The strain was discovered in cattle on a farm outside of Wanborough, London, about four miles from the facility. Wanborough is approximately 30 miles southwest of London.
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