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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7935

30 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mad cow
Veterinary Committee to examine vaccination of zoo animals, on Friday - Approval for vaccination of British dairy cattle

Brussels, 29/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Union's Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) is to examine, on Friday, the possibility of preventive vaccination of animal species (especially cloven-footed animals) in zoos that could be vulnerable to catching the foot-and-mouth disease. On Wednesday evening, it approved a draft decision authorising the United Kingdom to initiate a "preventive" vaccination campaign. Vaccines would go to 180,000 dairy cows in Cumbria and Devon, the two...

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