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Myanmar acting on foot-and-mouth disease
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Xinhua News Agency
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June 28, 2008
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Myanmar acting on foot-and-mouth disease
YANGON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Livestock Breeding and
Veterinary Department (LBVD) Saturday called on farmers to take
preventive measures against outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in
draught cattle.
The appeal came after foot-and-mouth disease has been found in
buffaloes and cows recently in Myanmar's cyclone-hit areas.
The disease has hit buffaloes and cows used in recultivation of
agricultural fields in four storm-hit townships, namely, Laputta,
Kyonmange, Wakema and Kawmu in Ayeyawaddy delta and Yangon division.
The foot-and-mouth virus can spread to other less-resistent
animals in distant areas through air in the early wet monsoon ...