The British arm of a Georgia-based company could be the source of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cows in southern England. British health officials say the outbreak either came from a high-security government laboratory or its neighbor, the private pharmaceutical company Merial Animal Health. It’s part of Duluth-based Merial Limited. Foot and mouth disease is a virus that attacks cows, pigs and many cloven-hooved animals. It hasn’t been seen in the U.S. since 1929.
