Britain Rushes to Contain Cow Disease
By JANE PERLEZ
New York Times
The British authorities burned the bodies of 60 cattle found infected with foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in southern England on Saturday as they moved quickly to try to contain any spread of the disease, which devastated the British livestock industry in 2001.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown led a second emergency meeting at Downing Street on Saturday after canceling his vacation on the English seaside to deal with the crisis that raised fears of the need for the large-scale slaughter of animals. He promised immediate action to contain the disease.
The disease, highly contagious among animals, was discovered Thursday at a farm in Guildford in Surrey. The government announced the outbreak on Friday evening.
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