1. At least one million livestock has been affected by foot-and-mouth alone, the FAO said. 2. Deputy Agriculture Minister Suh Kyu-yong said experts investigating the affected farm found symptoms of the highly contagious disease that affects livestock. 3. Experts were checking whether the symptoms detected were related to the highly contagious disease that affects livestock. 4. He would also increase spending on research to help keep out of this country the foot-and-mouth and Mad Cow diseases now affecting livestock in Europe. 5. The problem also affects Chinese livestock, Xu said. 6. Anthrax which normally affects mainly livestock, causes pneumonia which generally leads to death within a week. |