Farmers have staged protests in several parts of France in recent days after vets culled a herd suffering from the disease.

Hundreds of farmers had created a cordon around a farm near the Spanish border after authorities said that 200 cows had a disease and would have to be slaughtered.

LES BORDES SURE ARIZE: Veterinarians arrived at a French farm Friday under police escort to slaughter a herd of cows suffering from a potentially deadly disease, an AFP reporter…