Disease to continue for a long time, vet tells farmers

Farmers in Britain were today warned that foot and mouth crisis is set to last a long time yet.

As the tally of outbreaks reached over 100, Chief Veterinary Officer Jim Scudamore said, "We have such a large number of tracings and movements of animals to follow still. We will not see the disease disappearing at the end of this week and this outbreak is going to last for a long time."