14 June 2010 02:30 pm
The foot and mouth disease is on the rise in the Central Province and is spreading across Anuradhapura affecting cattle and halting the collection of dairy from the area, Animal Product and Health Department Director A. Chandrasoma told Daily Mirror online.
Chandrasoma added that foot and mouth disease was a highly contagious and sometimes a fatal viral disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals and had spread in Anuradapura during the transportation of cows. (Daily Mirror online)