Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of disease-hit areas

Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of disease-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu briefs reporters on measures to deal with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki Prefecture during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 19, 2010. Akamatsu said all pigs and cows within a 10-kilometer radius of areas hit by the disease will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the outbreak.

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