Foot-and-mouth disease reaches Mekong Delta

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ds vAlign=top width=435 height=0>Last Updated: <!--2007-08-08 21:29:02 todaysDate = Date(07, 08, 08, 21, 29, 02); --><SCRIPT language=JavaScript> dayarray = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday","Saturday"); montharray = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April","May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"); todaysDate = new Date("August 08, 2007 21:29:02"); document.write(dayarray[todaysDate.getDay()] + ", " + montharray[todaysDate.getMonth()] + " " + todaysDate.getDate() + ", "); //if (todaysDate.getYear() < 1000){ //document.write(todaysDate.getYear() + 2000); //} else { document.write(todaysDate.getFullYear()); //} document.write(" 21:29:02 Vietnam (GMT+07)"); </SCRIPT>Wednesday, August 8, 2007 21:29:02 Vietnam (GMT+07) </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><!--This begin of the news --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="50%" height=30>javascript:openwindowopt('http://ww...ties/email.php?catid=8&newsid=30821',400,460)</TD><TD width="50%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left height=35>Foot-and-mouth disease reaches Mekong Delta
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</TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class=cap align=left colSpan=2></TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Foot-and-mouth disease has spread to Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta, the central animal health department cautioned Wednesday. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>

Twenty sick pigs on four small farms in Phong Dien and Ninh Kieu districts had tested positive for the virus this week, it reported.
Earlier, the northern province of Quang Tri had reported outbreaks in may.
Almost 600 cows, buffalos, goats, and pigs contracted the viral disease, mostly in five districts in Quang Tri.
Tuyen Quang and Bac Kan provinces in the north, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen in the central region, and Dak Lak in the central highlands had all reported outbreaks this year, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Bui Ba Bong said.
Over 4,300 animals had been infected.
Foot-and-mouth is a highly contagious disease affecting animals with divided hooves, in which the animal develops ulcers in the mouth and near the hooves.:tiphat: http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=30821​

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