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...While quarantine has improved, prevention has not. How did the cows catch the virus in the first place? A government investigation is focusing on two biological research labs at the Pirbright complex, 3 miles (4.8 km) from where this outbreak first appeared. The same strain of FMD found in Surrey's infected cattle is used by the state-run Institute for Animal Health and by the private firm Merial for research and vaccine making...
...preliminary report says the virus could have escaped from Pirbright through a faulty waste pipe. But human error or even sabotage are also possible causes. "There are various potential routes for accidental or deliberate transfer of material from the site," says the report. "Release by human movement must also be considered a real possibility...
...While investigators search for answers, both facilities insist there is no evidence anyone spread the virus, and Merial says it doesn't use Pirbright's wastewater system. The government is easing restrictions on the movement of animals, but an E.U. ban on British exports of meat, milk products and live animals could last months, costing the industry up to $20 million a week. This may not be the crisis it was six years ago, but there's still trouble down on the farm...
...PIRBRIGHT, ENGLAND New fears over foot-and-mouth disease outbreak...
...report this afternoon into biosecurity at a vaccine laboratory suspected of being at the center of the cases was inconclusive. Health officials believe the nearby Pirbright research lab - home to a government research center and a company that makes FMD vaccines - is the source because the strain of the virus identified in the sickened cattle currently exists only in research centers...