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Mass culling of farm animals when outbreak of FMD ‘unnecessary’ say scientists
The mass cull of farm animals to control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, FMD, may be unnecessary if there is a new outbreak, scientists suggest. A new analysis of disease transmission suggests that future outbreaks might be controlled by early detection and killing only affected animals. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“The biggest problem in 2001 was that by the time we realised what was happening, there were something between 30 and 50 infected farms,” he said.
May 10th, 2011 - 08:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0............
The vast ranges grazed by the Zebu/Charolais etc of South American savannah lands do not lend themselves to daily inspection.
Once in the feed-lots - now, that's a different matter.
The high concentration of cattle (investment) means that the owners would be VERY jittery allowing symptoms to develop in individuals and then just slaughtering the infective separately.
What is right for the UK is not necessarily right for Mercosur.
We *need * vaccination protection in our high-risk areas along national boundaries, and we *do* vaccinate.
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