Just the mention of foot-and-mouth leaves many British farmers with a chill.
They know the severe impact the outbreak had in 2001 on rural communities and the billions it cost in lost revenues.
提到口蹄疫,都令英国农民不寒而栗.他们都清楚2001年口蹄疫的爆发给乡村地区带来的恶劣影响以及数10亿的收入损失.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was on vacation when news of the outbreak came, but he returned Saturday to London, where he made a televised statement about government efforts to contain the disease.
口蹄疫爆发消息传出时,英国首相GB正在休假.但是他在周六返回伦敦,并发表了政府将尽力控制疫情的电视声明.

"We will be doing, night and day, everything in our power to make sure that what happens, happens quickly and happens decisively in a way that can reassure people that everything is being done."
我们将日夜工作,尽自己做能来确定发生了什么,并迅速果断采取行动来是人民相信一些都在进行之中.

The disease was discovered on a farm near the town of Guildford, southwest of London. Sixty cattle were culled there Saturday. The action was much quicker than in 2001, when critics said the slow response by the government of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair allowed the virus to spread.
口蹄疫是在位于伦敦西南部,G小镇附近的一个农场发现的.60头家畜在周六被挑出来.措施的采取要比2001年快的多,当时评论称布莱尔政府的反映过慢是疫情得以传播.

A three-kilometer exclusion zone has been established around the affected farm as well as a ten-kilometer surveillance area.
在感染地区已经建立了方圆3公里的隔离区和10公里的监视区.

The transportation of cattle, sheep and pigs has also been banned in Britain, and the European Union has imposed a ban on livestock imports from Britain in response to the outbreak.
在英国,家畜,羊和猪的运输已经禁止.作为对英国口蹄疫的回应,欧盟已经禁止从英国进口家畜.

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