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LONDON (Reuters) – British officials on Friday ruled out a suspected case of foot and mouth disease in the rural eastern English county of Norfolk. Movement restrictions and a temporary 10-km control zone for animals were enforced around a farm, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. “Following swift action in response to this possible case I can confirm that testing has enabled me to fully rule out presence of (foot and mouth) disease,” Christine Middlemiss, Britain’s chief veterinary officer, said on Twitter. Foot and mouth disease is a severe, highly contagious…