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LONDON,England- Tests have confirmed a second foot-and-mouth outbreak in southern England, the government announced,raising fears that the highly contagious animal virus is spreading.Chief Veterinary Officer Debby Reynolds said Tuesday that tests showed a herd of cattle had been infected.The animals were culled Monday evening after showing signs of the disease.Britain's Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs said Monday a herd of more than 50 cattle on a second farm within the two-mile (three-kilometer) protection zone in Surrey County,England, had shown signs of the highly contagious disease.Confirmation of the second case comes a day after the European Union said it would restrict all live animals,fresh meat and milk products from mainland Great Britain.Roger Pride,who owns the farm where foot-and-mouth was first discovered,said the financial hardship of losing his cattle was not as devastating as the impact on his reputation."It has taken 20 years to build the shop up,and we've got a good reputation and that's the thing that's hard to get back again,"Pride said at a news conference Tuesday.Speaking at the same news conference,National Farmers' Union spokesman Anthony Gibson said while lessons have been learned about the 2001 outbreak,"we can't be confident at this stage that we can nip this outbreak in the bud.""But if we can't,it won't be due to lack of effort or shortcomings by any of the farmers or officials who have been involved in dealing with the outbreak so far,"Gibson added.Laboratory results Friday confirmed the first outbreak of the disease was found in cattle at a farm in Surrey County.As in the days of Noah...
