Experts are probing whether the recent floods in England may be behind the foot-and-mouth outbreak as the battle to contain the disease continues.
The Government's chief vet Debby Reynolds said high water levels could have helped spread the virus on the Surrey farm at the centre of the crisis.
Tests are still being carried out to confirm whether the nearby Pirbright research site - where the disease was being kept in order to produce vaccine - was the source of the outbreak.
Farmers' representatives said the industry would be "horrified" if it emerged that the disease originated at the research laboratory in Surrey.
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