Foot-and-mouth disease spreads

BELGRADE - An epidemic of foot and mouth disease in cattle which broke out in Albania last May is spreading across eastern Europe…

BELGRADE - An epidemic of foot and mouth disease in cattle which broke out in Albania last May is spreading across eastern Europe, affecting Macedonia, southern Serbia and now Greece.

The European Union's veterinary committee, already embroiled with the ramifications of "mad cow disease", has temporarily banned the import of meat and milk products from those countries.

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