Three more cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been confirmed in Wales.
The first case was confirmed at an abattoir used to slaughter healthy animals, a Welsh Assembly spokesman said.
The case was confirmed at the Hamer International Abattoir in Llanidloes in mid-Wales.
On Monday a farmer was criticised for taking sheep with foot-and-mouth symptoms to the abattoir even though farmers have to declare their animals have no symptoms if they are being killed for meat.
A further case has also been confirmed at the farm involved in that incident in Llanfair Caereinion, Powys.
One other case has also been confirmed today at Welshpool, mid-Wales, taking the total number of confirmed cases in Wales to 12.
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