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

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at the prefectural government in the city of Miyazaki on May 19, 2010, about a government decision to slaughter all pigs and cows within a 10-kilometer radius of areas hit by foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture to prevent the spread of the outbreak.

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