Brussels, 17/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Union's Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) has to decide, on Wednesday, on the request made by the German Land of Northern Westphalia-Rheinland to be allowed to vaccinate 800,000 pigs and 30,000 cows against the foot-and-mouth disease. This measure should allow for the creation of a protection area along the border with the Netherlands (which has detected 25 cases of foot-and-mouth, some outbreaks of which declared at less than 50 km from...