South Korea says finds cattle infected with foot-and-mouth

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday that foot-and-mouth had spread to a cattle farm in the country for the first time in more than three years, a blow to authorities battling to contain an outbreak of the disease. The outbreak was discovered around half a year ago on hog farms, intensifying fears about food safety in a nation already grappling with bird flu. The agriculture ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the disease had been detected at a cattle farm in the city of Anseong, nearly 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Seoul. More than 26,000 hogs, or 0. ...



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