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Three people have been tested for bird flu as work begins to slaughter 10,000 chickens following an outbreak at a farm in England.

Tests have confirmed a third case of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey in England, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said today.

The slaughter of animals infected by a fresh outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has begun on a farm in Surrey, England.

Officials at the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) do not envisage the current outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK having any immediate impact on racing.