Taiwan Culls 1000 Pigs After Worst Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

Taiwan slaughtered nearly 1,000 pigs following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which is termed to be island's worst epidemic in more than 14 years.

The pigs were culled earlier this week at a farm in the southern city of Tainan after showing symptoms of the disease.

Japan's Stud Bulls Test Positive For Foot-And-Mouth Disease
One of Japan's most prized stud bulls has been infected with foot-and-mouth disease, the government said Saturday, as the country's first outbreak in a decade continues to devastate livestock.

Altogether 983 out of the 2,667 pigs on the farm were culled and the rest were vaccinated, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement.

No foot-and-mouth symptoms have been found so far in animals at 11 other farms within a three-kilometre (1.8-mile) radius of the affected farm, it said.

More than three million pigs were slaughtered in 1997 in the wake of a foot-and-mouth epidemic.

South Korea Announces Mass Cull to Curb Foot-and-Mouth Disease Spread
South Korea on Saturday said it would cull some 16,000 farm animals due to a fast-spreading outbreak of highly contagious foot and mouth disease west of Seoul.

The highly contagious virus affects cattle, pigs, sheep and other cloven-hoofed livestock. It is not usually fatal, but an outbreak leads to losses in the production of meat and milk.

Source-AFP

Seventh Case of Foot-and-mouth Disease Confirmed in Britain
A herd of cattle culled earlier on Monday has tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, the seventh case in Britain since an outbreak began in August, the agriculture ministry confirmed.

New Outbreak of Foot-and-mouth Disease in S.Korea
Three new cases of foot and mouth disease have been reported in S.Korea, the environment ministry said on Monday, bringing up the total to 56 since the country's worst outbreak began a month ago.