Britain's foot-and-mouth crisis deepened further today as 10 more cases were recorded including some in new counties.
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Burning carcasses of infected cattle
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British Chief veterinary officer Mr Jim Scudamore said the total number of outbreaks now stood at 116.
He said: "Cases are still occurring in different parts of the country but also in predominant parts (where the disease is already known to exist)."
"There are links to other cases and most of them are linked to the movement of sheep or sheep farms.
"If we find disease in a new county they have top priority to see where the disease has come from."
The British Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) said cattle and sheep at a farm in Arthuret in Cumbria, a farm in Derbyshire and a farm in Shebbear in Devon all had the disease.
The Welsh Assembly also confirmed Wales had suffered its fifth outbreak at Painscastle in Powys.
The latest case in Wales has been found in sheep and goats at the Tawny Owl Animal Park, which is near another confirmed case in Powys.
The sheep and cattle which are also at the park will have to be slaughtered within 24 hours.
Mr Scudamore yesterday warned that the disease was still going to last a "long time".
Mr Scudamore and his team have been tracing the movements of 100,000 sheep which were traded before the outbreak.
PA