Foot-and-mouth disease found in UK
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_on_he_me/britain_foot_and_mouth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070804/capt.70560e419b034f168d906476a15860ef.britain_foot_and_mouth_disease_lon108.jpg?x=130&y=68&sig=IC9.6RDlI8qBu1wed64IPg--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="An aerial view of a farm on Westwood Lane in Normandy, Surrey southern England where an outbreak of foot and mouth disease has been discovered in a heard of sixty cattle, Saturday Aug 4, 2007. Authorities imposed a nationwide ban on moving livestock in a bid to stop the spread of the highly infectious virus that devastated the farming industry six years ago. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said officials vowed to work night and day to halt the spread of a disease that led to the slaughter of 7 million livestock and devastated the agriculture and tourism industries in 2001. (AP Photo/ Fiona Hanson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britain raced to avert economic disaster Saturday by halting meat and dairy exports and the movement of livestock around the country after foot-and-mouth disease was found on a southern English farm.</p><br clear="all"/>

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