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History of United Kingdom Foot & Mouth crisis 2001
Part 7
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"Rural Rasure" phase from September-October 2001
New outbreaks decline and further spread of the virus is limited but the persistent tail of the epidemic is politically, scientifically and economically embarrassing. Recurring clinical cases of foot-and-mouth in endemic areas are met by "biosecurity" controls of unprecedented ferocity which add further damage to rural businesses in endemic areas. The use of strategic vaccination to protect cattle and pig herds in and around an enzootic area is again rejected. Instead a "scorched earth" approach of vigorous culling of any herds and flocks that might be at risk is practised
rasure = obliteration, erasure, effacement, expurgation, suppression of signs [originates from Latin word rasura]Honiton, North Devon - Livestock Market Day!
from "Foot and Mouth Disease : The Aftermath" by Ian GeeringEarly September 2001
September 1: Killing continues today in Northumberland...
following the outbreak north of Hexham on August 32, outside the existing biosecurity zone. Culling of contiguous farms is in progress. By yesterday evening, 25,000 sheep and 4,500 cattle in the Allendale area of Northumberland had been slaughtered in 7 days. Today the "blue box" biosecurity zone has been extended from 400 square miles to 440 sq.m. More vehicle disinfection points have been set up on country roads.
Ministers set 6 week deadline before vaccination: Times
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Northumberland infected for some time - Scotland at risk: Ananova News AgencyFoot-and-mouth spreads in Zimbabwe to S. Africa border: CNNfoot and mouth disease in Azerbaijan & Zimbabwe: updateSecret plans to vaccinate in UK: IndependentMore troops called in to Northumberland: BBCEpidemic update: TelegraphMental health help for foot-and-mouth areas: BBCExperts demand global vaccination for foot-and-mouth: IndependentThe 2000th UK outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the current epidemic was confirmed on September 3rd on a sheep farm in East Cumbria Burial site in Co. Durham re-opened The 17 recent Northumberland outbreaks are generating 46,000 carcases for disposal. Local rendering capacity has been exceeded and a burial site in County Durham is being re-opened. There is intense local protest about the re-opening of this burial site because of fears for consequences to the environment from thousands of rotting carcases. There is a school 700 metres from the site and the nearest home is only 400 metres away. |
Tow Law burial site - protest to European Commission: Ananova News AgencyBridegroom's sporran impounded in Australia as fears foot-and-mouth risk: Ananova News AgencyNEW MOVEMENT CONTROLS - 6,100 square miles in North of England: Ananova News AgencyDEFRA has not learned the lessons of the BSE enquiry: BBCSlaughtering within 24 hours not met in world's worst FMD epidemic: TelegraphPlans to develop edible foot and mouth vaccine: ArgentinaMore UK outbreaks expected: BBCEpidemic update: TimesThe case for testing vaccination: Telegraph4 months after "end in sight" northern fells denuded of livestock: BBCHandling of foot and mouth epidemic criticised by Institute of Directors: TelegraphSeptember 7: A European Commission team will visit Argentina in October to review their foot-and-mouth virus control programme. After the last EU review, in May, the Argentinian veterinary authorities were asked to strengthen their control measures. The national food and animal health inspection service, Senasa, is confident that the forthcoming EC inspection will result in a resumption of beef exports from Argentine to the EU. Since April, Argentina has vaccinated 98% of their 52 million cattle against foot and mouth disease. A second round of vaccinations is currently underway. New outbreaks have fallen sharply as a result of the massive vaccination program. In the last week, new outbreaks fell to 360, although the virus has appeared in the northern province of Formosa, bordering Paraguay this month. |
Call for global vaccination programme against foot and mouth disease: Ananova News AgencyDutch vets fight EU orgy of killing: TelegraphExpert calls for vaccination: BBCWhy people are still avoiding the countryside: Ananova News AgencyConwy, Denbighshire, Carmarthenshire, Flintshire, Wrexham, Anglesey (location of first case in Wales), Gwynedd, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire have been declared free of foot-and-mouth disease by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). There have been no outbreaks in these areas in the last three months. Other areas of Wales remain at risk of re-emergence of foot and mouth. |
Foot-and-mouth restrictions eased on 7,000 farms in north of
England: BBCRSPCA says animal suffering was avoidable during worst of foot and mouth crisis: TelegraphEpidemic update: BBCCall for global vaccination programme for foot and mouth: IndependentVets conference in Bristol & Penrith to discuss foot-and-mouth crisis:FMD recombinant DNA vaccine development: Pirbright Laboratory UKGovernment has a "closed mind" on vaccination: TimesRamblers to be disinfected on Yorkshire moors: BBCPrecautions against Foot and mouth disease in North and Central America: USAYorkshire rural industry loses £75M/week from "scorched earth" controls: BBCFoot and mouth crisis benefit uplands: TelegraphMovement controls cause chaos in wake of the foot-and-mouth crisis: BBCChinatown traders in Newcastle paid £20,000 for rumours they were virus source: Ananova News AgencyPrince Charles visits foot and mouth victims in Cumbria: Telegraph BBCPopular farm closes due to devastating foot-and-mouth crisis: EADTFarmers' leader asserts under-estimation of economic damage to agriculture: EADTBio-security blunders spread foot-and-mouth: Telegraph and Ananova News AgencyGovernment response to FMD caused more damage to rural economy than virus itself:New outbreak in Cumbria (27 Sept) - two counties under new restrictions: Ananova News Agency170 sheep and lambs slaughtered on suspicion of foot and mouth disease in Wales: TelegraphNew outbreak of foot and mouth in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria: IndependentNew outbreak of foot and mouth in Cumbria: BBCLoss of £2.5bn tourism revenue expected: BBCPort action against imports by U.K. farmers: criticisedFMD Epidemic update - bancruptcy fears for farmers: BBCFarmers protest at lax biosecurity at ports: EADTVicar blames medieval stone for foot-and-mouth epidemic: Ananova News AgencyFoot-and-mouth restrictions in Lancashire & North
Yorkshire after outbreak in Cumbria: BBC
Early October 2001
Cautious optimism over foot and mouth disease epidemic: BBCFace up to market forces to survive: farmers lecturedThe Pig Veterinary Society submit comments to: FMD enquiryMore areas declared foot-and-mouth free - movement restrictions relaxed: Ananova News Agency and BBCFarmers protest at port for security against illegal food imports: EADTIllegal meat imports risk animal & public health - Jim
Scudamore, Chief Veterinary Officer: TimesPlans to dump deer in burial pits - export restrictions due to foot-and-mouth disease: BBCFraudsters evading justice - investigators sidetracked by foot and mouth controls: EDPCouncil warns legal action over clean-up of burning site foot-and-mouth carcasses: BBCTerrorists may smuggle biological
weapons in illegal food imports: BBC
Bioterrorism lectureFaster cull could have saved animals - 10 times more slaughtered than in 1967 epidemic:Scientists' publish new analysis of FMD epidemic: Imperial College BBCDevon foot-and-mouth public inquiry to be on Internet: inquiries page3 out of 10 farmers likely to leave industry after foot
and mouth epidemic: TelegraphDevon inquiry into foot-and-mouth crisis starts: BBCAccess to countryside still impeded despite lifting of foot and mouth restrictions: TelegraphFirst clear week of new outbreaks since epidemic began: TelegraphPigmeat exports to resume: Ananova News Agency and BBCRoyal Society considers vaccination in inquiry into foot-and-mouth crisis policy: BBCVaccination discussion - transcript of BBC broadcast "Close-up": 4th OctoberPig farmer among first infected denied 22 charges relating to foot and mouth: TelegraphGovernment Chief Scientific Advisor optimistic about foot-and-mouth disease epidemic: BBCBritain's crisis-ridden farming industry reduced to subsistence
levels: GuardianDevon inquiry reports: updateFirms to sue over foot and mouth: ObserverGovernment cautiously optimistic about foot-and-mouth disease eradication: Ananova News AgencyU.K. tourist industry expects loss of £2.7 billion from foot and mouth crisis: Ananova News AgencyBritish farmers received over £1 billion in compensation for foot and mouth: Ananova News AgencySuspected new outbreak in Cumbria: October 13
Illegal animal movements increasing due to delays in official approval: BBCCriminal activities at Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA): BBCDynamics of the 2001 UK Foot and Mouth Epidemic: epidemiological analysisComputer modelling of the foot and mouth epidemic: critiqueCountryside Action Network fight the new Animal Health Bill: petition
backgroundFoot and mouth vets need more local power: TelegraphFirst suspect case in more than 1 month is negative (Nov. 2nd): Co. DurhamFMD crisis and the Afghanistan war - Government action compared: TelegraphFMD controls - report by a vet on the inside: The Pig Journal Vol.48 #96Cost to Tourism of foot and mouth estimated at £3.3 billion (Tourism Minister)Cut in foot-and-mouth compensation payments angers farmers: October 30Export delay frustrates farmers: BBC
Farm disease strategy "lamentable": BBCEpidemic update + UK government sued over handling of foot-and-mouth crisis: BBC£15 million aid for agencies working with businesses hit by foot-and-mouth: Ananova News AgencyTask force lambasts Prime Minister over farm crisis: October 25thBritish pork exports resume from free areas: BBCUK Farmers face winter of hardship: rural recovery co-ordinatorResurgence warning - increased movement of livestock during autumn: BBC
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