UK Confirms New Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
September 12, 2007 By THOMAS WAGNER, Associated Press Writer
A DEFRA official enters a field at a farm near foot and mouth signs near Egham, England , Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007, near to where a foot and mouth outbreak is confirmed. The livestock on the farm are being culled and a 10km protection zone is set up around the area, which is about 10km from a previous outbreak earlier this year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
(AP) -- Authorities confirmed a new foot-and-mouth outbreak on the outskirts of London on Wednesday, just days after the government lifted livestock restrictions following the appearance of the devastating disease last month.
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