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Vets give UK permission to vaccinate up to 180,000 dairy cattle in Cumbria and Devon against foot and mouth disease

Emergency vaccination scheme against foot-and-mouth disease may make no difference according to suppressed UK government report

EU vets extend bans on the export of livestock susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease from Ireland, France, Netherlands and the United Kingdom

Tony Blair has hinted that he is seriously considering vaccinating animals to control the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

Contaminated meat imported into Britain and fed to pigs is likely to have caused the foot-and-mouth outbreak

Member States confirm their strong commitment to the current EU policy to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease

EU heads of government agree to contribute veterinary resources to Member States hit by foot and mouth disease at Stockholm Summit

Black day as foot and mouth reaches Ireland, despite desperate efforts by authorities to stop virus spreading across border

European Union bans livestock exports from Netherlands following confirmation of the country's first cases of foot-and-mouth disease

European Union chief vets may lift the ban on French meat on 28 March if no new cases of foot-and-mouth disease appear

Agriculture Minister Jean Glavany informs EU farm ministers that France has "contained and mastered" its outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

Farm ministers will try to get a grip on foot-and-mouth disease and the continuing BSE scare, which have plunged Europe's agriculture into crisis

EU Health Commissioner David Byrne tells EP that bans are "excessive" and "unnecessary" reactions to a problem limited to two Member States

US and Canada impose temporary ban on imports of animals and animal products from Europe as EU extends export ban to France

UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warns that foot-and-mouth disease could become endemic in countries around the world

First case of foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in France

Some UK farmers are not complying with tight restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of foot-and-mouth

EU veterinary experts ban livestock markets for two weeks and curb animal movements across the EU

European Union chief vets meet to discuss the possibility of using vaccinations to control the outbreak of foot-and-mouth

Authorities in France, Denmark and Belgium have discovered suspected cases of foot-and-mouth

Member States step up unilateral measures to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth

Member states take unilateral steps in an attempt to reduce risk of foot-and-mouth spreading across the Channel

European Union veterinary specialists extend ban on all British exports of live animals, fresh meat and milk until 9 March

Agriculture ministers meet to discuss how to manage BSE crisis and foot-and-mouth outbreak in the United Kingdom