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2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: 'It was a year that changed farming"
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (128+ words) Red Tractor chair Alistair Mackintosh said: "To prevent another outbreak, we must ensure our borders are properly controlled, and that imported products meet at least the same standards that British farmers adhere to." Women's History Month: Hannah Hauxwell, 'Daughter of…...
UK well prepared for another foot-and-mouth outbreak, Gov says
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (132+ words) "The UK Government is prepared to respond to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth and has contingency arrangements in place, including for the control of infected premises and for animal movement controls in areas around confirmed cases. Vaccination is not the primary control…...
South African dairy farmers on high alert for foot-and-mouth return
1+ week, 5+ day ago (156+ words) South African dairy farmers on high alert for foot-and-mouth return'Farmers Guardian South African dairy farmers on high alert for foot-and-mouth return Twenty five years since the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK, Chris McCullough looks at a farmer dealing with the…...
UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on:
2+ week, 2+ day ago (171+ words) "We need to speak prophetically to Government and policy makers about the real concern of a repeat epidemic. After 25 years and numerous reports and ongoing research, we are still as vulnerable and susceptible today as a generation ago. Every successive…...
2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on:
3+ week, 4+ day ago (175+ words) Andrew Templeton, auctioneer at Harrison & Hetherington, said: "We must remember, for livestock farmers, it was total devastation. Since that day, there is not a livestock farmer who has not uttered the words, "We must not let the marts close again…...