BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) – The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has reported outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in two herds of cattle in its northwestern province of Gansu and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. * The government confirmed diagnosis of serotype SAT1foot-and-mouth disease in 219 cattle in two herds of 6,229 totalcattle on Saturday. * The […]
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China reports 219 cases of foot-and-mouth cattle disease in northwestern region
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BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) – The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has reported outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in two herds of cattle in its northwestern province of Gansu and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
* The government confirmed diagnosis of serotype SAT1foot-and-mouth disease in 219 cattle in two herds of 6,229 totalcattle on Saturday. * The local governments in Xinjiang and Gansu implementedculling and disinfecting measures following the outbreaks. * Industry analysts say this is the first time serotypeSAT1 has entered China and current domestic vaccines offer nocross-protection against this strain.
(Reporting by Daphne Zhang and Lewis JacksonEditing by Tomasz Janowski)