Miyazaki declares end to livestock epidemic

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declares an end to the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture during a press conference in Miyazaki on Aug. 27, 2010. The disease has severely hit livestock in the southwestern Japanese prefecture forcing people in the industry to slaughter some 289,000 pigs and cows.

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