Article: Brazil Confirms New Cases of Foot-and-mouth Disease

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, ...

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