News Archive for September 22 2007

Vic to get first shots of horse flu vaccine

Victorian trainers have welcomed news that the Federal Government wants local horses to be the first to be vaccinated against equine influenza.

Israel thwarts suicide bomb attack in Tel Aviv (Reuters)

Reuters - Israeli police seized an explosive belt that was intended to be used in a Tel Aviv suicide bomb attack on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, a police spokesman said on Saturday.

UK's First Case Of Bluetongue Disease

The first ever case of Bluetongue disease in Britain has been found in a cow near Ipswich, Suffolk, say officials.

Suspected foot and mouth case found

A new temporary control zone was declared in Hampshire on Monday as a precautionary measure after the discovery of a suspected case of foot and mouth disease there, the farm ministry said.