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Article: Brazil Confirms New Cases of Foot-and-mouth Disease
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 20, 2001
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The Brazilian government confirmed on Saturday a new outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
The agricultural secretariat of Rio Grande do Sul said that part
of a herd of 67 animals on Brazil's border with Uruguay had been
diagnosed with the disease.
Twenty animals were infected and culling could begin later
Saturday, added a spokesman for the secretariat.
It is Brazil's fifth foot-and-mouth outbreak in the past two
weeks, which comes only two days after the state slaughtered
hundreds of livestock.
The foot-and-mouth epidemic broke out on May 5 when 11 infected
animals were detected at a Santana del Libramiento ranch, ...