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>From http://www.guardian.co.uk/footandmouth/story/0,7369,687632,00.html
>>>And the beat goes on. I just don't get it. Animal husbandry has been an integral
part of human culture for aeons and for all the quarantines and restrictions that the
English have had on foreign animals for years and years, they keep getting worse
outbreaks of disease than nations who actually have rabies and such. Karma? <<<
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Cattle TB could hit foot and mouth level
James Meikle
Saturday April 20, 2002
The Guardian
Farmers yesterday expressed fears that TB in cattle could become worse than the
foot and mouth epidemic. Evidence suggests that the disease, which should not
pose a major risk to people, is still spreading quickly in parts of Britain.
Ten beef cattle were culled at a farm in Denbighshire, north Wales, this week, the
first time TB has reached that part of the country. In the first three months of this
year, nearly 800 cattle on 130 farms in Wales tested positive and were slaughtered.
During the whole of 2000, 150 farms in Wales were affected by new TB cases.
Testing was suspended during most of the foot and mouth crisis, but has been
reintroduced.
The disease has been spreading for years, and the government has sparked anger
among wildlife campaigners by culling badgers to establish whether the popular
animals can be blamed for the sharp rise in cases in recent years.
Alan Morris, of the Farmers Union of Wales, said the organisation was deeply
worried that TB in cattle could get out of control "and become worse than the foot
and mouth crisis".
Tony Edwards, chief veterinary officer for Wales, was worried by the spread to a new
area. "We need to establish how it got there. We have tried to get the message to
farmers buying livestock to ensure the animals are not infected."
The latest figures for Britain as a whole, covering January and February, suggest 184
herds were confirmed as having new TB cases, 147 in England, 34 in Wales and
three in Scotland. This was fewer than the 311 in the first two months of last year,
and 478 cases for all of 2001. Unlike foot and mouth cases, only affected animals
are slaughtered, although others are put under restrictions and tested again two
months later.
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