Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of foot-and-mouth areas

Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of foot-and-mouth areas

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (C) attends a meeting of a government task force to tackle the issue of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki Prefecture at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 19, 2010. The government decided to slaughter all pigs and cows within a 10-kilometer radius of areas hit by foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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