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Good moos for Noah's Ark
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
23 August 2007
A nursery's own cow has so far evaded slaughter after she and five companions tested negative for foot-and-mouth disease last week.
Noah's Ark Nursery in Woking became home to Mabel the Jersey cow in 1992 when she was just a week old. The nursery is home to 11 animals, six of whom were at risk of the disease after it was discovered at Roger Pride's Surrey farm on 3 August. The nursery was enclosed within the 3km protection zone surrounding Pride's farm. More than 100 cows were culled to prevent further spread, amid fears there would be a repeat of the devastating outbreak that occurred in...
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