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Recent News Reports of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks 2008
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Map of Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreaks - World Distribution & Occurrence 2005-2008: OIE
2008 New UK animal pathogen regulations for laboratories handling live animal viruses such as FMD: News
| A Manufactured Plague: The History of Foot-and-mouth Disease in Britain by Dr. Abigail Woods, Center for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Dr. Woods is a veterinarian who trained at Cambridge University Veterinary School U.K. |
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is currently regarded as one of the world's worst animal plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat to human health? And why, in the Great Britain and EU epidemic of 2001, did the government's control strategy still rely upon Victorian trade restrictions and mass slaughter? This groundbreaking and well-researched book shows that for over a century, FMD has brought fear, tragedy and sorrow - damaging businesses and shaping international relations. Yet these effects were neither inevitable nor caused by FMD itself but rather were the product of legislation used to control it. In this sense, FMD is a 'manufactured' plague not a natural one. This book turns the spotlight on this process of manufacture, revealing a rich history beset by controversy, in which party politics, class relations, veterinary ambitions, agricultural practices, the priorities of farming and the meat trade, fears for national security and scientific progress all made FMD outbreaks what they are today.
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New EU foot-and-mouth disease planning 2008 & UK 2007 outbreak summary: EU
| Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemic EU 2001 - "Following Orders" by James Drew |
A dramatised inside story of life in the United Kingdom Government State Veterinary service. A useful catalogue of practical tips on disease control, epidemiology investigation and on-farm slaughter of cattle, sheep and pigs EVERY VET, LIVESTOCK FARMER & AGRICULTRE MINSTRY OFFICIAL MUST READ THIS BOOK AND ENSURE THAT THIS LEVEL OF BUREAUCRATIC & POLITICAL INCOMPETENCE & WIDESPREAD ABUSE OF RURAL FAMILIES & FARM ANIMALS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN! Order NEW or USED Copies: Amazon UK Amazon Canada (world-wide delivery) |
Transboundary Diseases - Epidemiology & New Control Technologies: FAO
International Smuggling of Bushmeat & Poultry Meat - UK Data 2007: News
| Personal Stories & Textbooks on Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemics & FMD Virus |
 
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Holistic Approach to Farm Animal Epidemics: Use of the Internet (240Kb Powerpoint file)
Royal Agricultural Society UK Foot-and-Mouth archive now open: Background
Foot and Mouth Disease Archive of Online Information
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