Foot-and-mouth strain identified

Experts identify the foot-and-mouth strain found on a farm in Surrey. It is not one found in animals but in vaccines, the BBC understands.

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An anxious wait Farmers nervous as experts try to halt the foot-and-mouth virus		In pictures Authorities cope with foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey

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EDUCATION
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