Over 200 cattle have been slaughtered at a farm in Miyakonojo City, the heart of Japan's livestock industry, after a fresh outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
The farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, culled all 208 cattle on Thursday after finding the previous day that 3 showed symptoms of the disease.
Tests later confirmed that the 3 were infected. The city is about 50 kilometers southwest of the areas where the outbreak has been concentrated since its onset in mid-April.
The prefecture is planning to ban the movement of livestock within a 10-kilometer radius of the affected farm, and transport of animals from within a 20-kilomter radius.
The non-transport zone covers parts of neighboring Kagoshima Prefecture.
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