North Korea with FAO and OIE aid combating trans-boundary FMD outbreaks

Tuesday, March 15th 2011 - 10:04 UTC

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North Korea has accepted a team of animal health specialists from FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to assist veterinary authorities in combating outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease among pigs and cattle, which seem to be endemic in the country. Read full article

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GeoffWard
The Foot & Mouth Disease virus is THE most easily used weapon of mass destruction (WMD) of nations'economies.

Nobody seems to be speculating that it might be presently deployed as a weapon of war in the koreas, though it is abundantly clear that this is a probability rather than a possibility.
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