Uganda, April 30 -- Security and veterinary officials have suspended animal and animal product markets in Ntungamo District following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in some parts of the district. The animal movement quarantine will also affect Rukiga District.

The Ntungamo Resident District Commissioner, Ms Marriam Kagaiga Mugisha, who chairs the disease surveillance committee of the district, said all animal markets, milk, milk products as well as sheep, goats, pigs and their products will not be allowed to move within and outside the district.

"We have come up with a painful decision knowing how it shall affect farmers. We have instituted a temporary quarantine on movement, sell, slaughter of animals and animal products in the ...