UK orders a 3km protection zone, a 10km surveillance zone and an 8km air exclusion zone05 Aug 2007 The strain of foot-and-mouth disease found at a Surrey farm has been identified, Defra has said. The strain in infected cattle is identical to that used at the Institute for Animal Health, at Pirbright, about three miles from the farm. The strain is not one normally found in animals but is used in vaccine production and in diagnostic laboratories. The strain was used in a vaccine batch manufactured last month by a private pharmaceutical company Merial Animal Health.
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