Foot-and-mouth disease was found in 69 pigs in south China's Guangdong Province, and local government said the epidemic has been under effective control.

The disease was first spotted in 69 pigs in Longgang district of Shenzhen City on March 4, the Information Office of Shenzhen Municipal Government said in a statement Saturday.

All the infected pigs and other 1,039 pigs raised nearby have been killed and disposed properly. The area has been sterilized, it said.

There is no report of other foot-and-mouth disease cases so far, it said.

(Xinhua News Agency March 14, 2010)