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United Kingdom epidemic of Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak news 2001Foot-and-Mouth Disease UK virus virion replication

 

*History of the UK epidemic 2001
 

Clinical Lesions - Photos
Ageing of foot and mouth disease virus lesions: Royal Veterinary College
Cattle: USDA   DEFRA   German  
Cattle & Pigs: Ecuador   Pigs: USDA   Garth
Goat & Sheep: Wageningen   Sheep: DEFRA   All species: DEFRA free videos



Photographs of British farms and farmworkers after the Foot and Mouth Disease epidemic of 2001

 
-   newly published 2002   -

"Foot and Mouth: The Aftermath"
 
A collection of photographs
by Ian Geering
review

 

 


Foot and Mouth Disease - Facts
Review   Vesicular diseases (USDA)   AVIS   Cost (AnimalNet)   Scientific literature (RCVS)
Human infection & clinical effects: British Medical J.   World Health Organisation WHO
Virus Life Cycle, Transmission, Physical/Chemical susceptibility, Biogeographical data: comprehensive database

Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV)
Structure: FMDV 1   FMDV 2   FMDV 3
Virus strains: Type O Pan-Asia (FAO)   USDA  BBC   FAS   S. America   Virology (Pirbright)
 
Life cycle: FMD virus   Survival: pH sensitivity   USDA

Biosecurity & Disinfection
UK approved disinfectants   Advice   DEFRA   USDA   DEFRA biosecurity videos - free download

Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemiology
*World-wide Foot-and-Mouth: FAO   Epidemiology (in Dutch)   *FMD in: Africa   Argentina

*EU reports on FMD situation : Vaccination in Turkey   Controls in S. Africa   Paraguay



epidemiology and geographical spread of epidemics in the world The Geographical Structure of Epidemics
by Professor Peter Haggett, University of Bristol, U.K.
The Geographical Structure of Epidemics is an accessible and in-depth examination of the ways in which geographical and environmental concepts can enhance our knowledge of the ways in which epidemics spread through human populations, written by a leading expert with over 30 years' experience in the field.
* Epidemics as Diffusion Waves * Epidemics on Small Islands
* Global Origins and Dispersals * Containing Epidemic Spread

More Details

*EU opinion on vaccination + FMD control measures: Standing Veterinary Committee
*Cause of crisis? - abattoir closures, intensive farming: European Commission

 

*History of FMD in UK 2001

 

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