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Foot and Mouth tests prove negative
30/11/2002
Initial tests on a case of suspected Foot and Mouth have returned negative results.
Samples had been sent to the laboratory at Pirbright, Surrey, after mouth lesions were found in a seven month old steer on a farm in the Huntly area of Aberdeenshire.
Tests that will produce definitive results will take a further 96 hours and in the meantime movement restrictions around the farm, and all farms in an 8 kilometre (5 mile) radius, will be maintained. There are also restrictions on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway which had contact with the animal.