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Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 19:53 GMT 20:53 UK

In pictures: Foot-and-mouth

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Farm workers leave carrying their rifles over their shoulders following the slaughter of a herd of cattle.

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Farmer Roger Pride attended a press conference in Guildford after his entire herd of cattle were culled.

Deserted cattle market

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Cattle market worker Edward Hargreeves disinfects Hexham Cattle Market, in Northumberland, which has been left deserted by the ban on moving livestock.

Cows in a field

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Cattle in a field within a surveillance zone set up following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on a nearby farm.

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A dead cow is moved into a lorry in Normandy, Surrey.

Policewoman being disinfected

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A Police woman is disinfected in a field in Normandy, Surrey. Residents voiced anger that footpaths had initially remained open despite the ban on cattle movement.

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All 102 of farmer John Gunner's Charolais and Sussex cows were culled after his farm became the second site to register positive for foot-and-mouth disease.

Sign for the Pirbright complex

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The strain of foot-and-mouth disease used at the Pirbright laboratory complex in Surrey is identical to that found on a nearby farm.

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