Foot-and-mouth disease prompts livestock ban in UK
Exports ban in Britain as foot-and-mouth disease hits farm animals
London: The European Union will ban livestock exports from Britain in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southern England, a British Cabinet minister said on Saturday.
"There will be a ban on exports within the European Union. That is automatically imposed as a result of the
finding of foot-and-mouth disease," Cabinet Office Minister Ed Miliband told the British Broadcasting Corp.
British scientists were working to trace the source of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm near Guildford, southern England.
"The laboratory tests are already under way and the earliest possible information will probably come during the later part of today," said chief veterinarian Debby Reynolds.
Authorities have imposed a country-wide ban on moving livestock in a bid to stop the virus from spreading.
