Re: FMD (was Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-21)
- Original Message - From: Paul Mison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: Re: FMD (was Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-21) > >So a program of vaccination and slaughter to erradicate the disease will > >firstly benefit the tourist industry and then also the meat market. Not > >that I am a big fan of farmers or the countryside alliance types (and that > >is being generous) but I think it would be the best solution all > >round. Ooo > >ar. > > No, because the sheer amount of fuss made over F&M clobbered the > tourist industry- possibly for years, although this is admittely > anecdotal and predictive- whereas if we'd quietly vaccinated, accepted > no meat exports for a year Or until there were no vaccinated or infected animals left in the UK, whichever came later. >...and then let the farming industry get back > on its feet, we'd not have had to kill *three million* animals, and > poison water, and close footpaths, and the tourist industry wouldn't > have suffered the way it has over the last couple of months. So, why > insist on the 'slaughter' bit? Good idea, maybe a polite memo should have been sent to the all the tabloids asking them to keep quiet about it :-)
RE: FMD (was Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-21)
> From: will > Of course we could just build a super-gun (a-la iraq) and > shoot bloated > carcasses at Redmond. This is my favouite idea. Pigs In Space Rob --- Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of IBNet Plc. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.
Re: FMD (was Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-21)
On 25/05/2001 at 15:40 +0100, will wrote: >> The massive British export meat market was worth... 300 million UKP >> last year. Tourism makes billions. >> >> The British rural economy could survive with no exported meat. > >So a program of vaccination and slaughter to erradicate the disease will >firstly benefit the tourist industry and then also the meat market. Not >that I am a big fan of farmers or the countryside alliance types (and that >is being generous) but I think it would be the best solution all >round. Ooo >ar. No, because the sheer amount of fuss made over F&M clobbered the tourist industry- possibly for years, although this is admittely anecdotal and predictive- whereas if we'd quietly vaccinated, accepted no meat exports for a year, and then let the farming industry get back on its feet, we'd not have had to kill *three million* animals, and poison water, and close footpaths, and the tourist industry wouldn't have suffered the way it has over the last couple of months. So, why insist on the 'slaughter' bit? -- :: paul :: stay all day :: if you want to
Re: FMD (was Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-21)
- Original Message - From: Paul Mison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 3:13 PM Subject: Re: FMD (was Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-21) > On 25/05/2001 at 15:08 +0100, will wrote: > >> In countries where the virus is endemic, veterinarians must vaccinate > >> at regular intervals. The vaccines only offer protection for a short > >> period of time, are expensive, and in some cases contain live viruses > >> that may infect the animals. > > > >Added to this, it is almost (completely?) impossible to trade meat with > >countries when you have vaccinated the animals. Vaccinated animals can > >still carry the disease and other countries obviously do not want to > >get it. > >Vaccination is part of a larger solution which still involves culling > >infected animals, and *also* animals that have been vaccinated > >againsed the > >infection. > > The massive British export meat market was worth... 300 million UKP > last year. Tourism makes billions. > > The British rural economy could survive with no exported meat. So a program of vaccination and slaughter to erradicate the disease will firstly benefit the tourist industry and then also the meat market. Not that I am a big fan of farmers or the countryside alliance types (and that is being generous) but I think it would be the best solution all round. Ooo ar. Of course we could just build a super-gun (a-la iraq) and shoot bloated carcasses at Redmond. This is my favouite idea.
Re: FMD (was Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-21)
On 25/05/2001 at 15:08 +0100, will wrote: >> In countries where the virus is endemic, veterinarians must vaccinate >> at regular intervals. The vaccines only offer protection for a short >> period of time, are expensive, and in some cases contain live viruses >> that may infect the animals. > >Added to this, it is almost (completely?) impossible to trade meat with >countries when you have vaccinated the animals. Vaccinated animals can >still carry the disease and other countries obviously do not want to >get it. >Vaccination is part of a larger solution which still involves culling >infected animals, and *also* animals that have been vaccinated >againsed the >infection. The massive British export meat market was worth... 300 million UKP last year. Tourism makes billions. The British rural economy could survive with no exported meat. -- :: paul :: stay all day :: if you want to
Re: FMD (was Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-21)
> In countries where the virus is endemic, veterinarians must vaccinate > at regular intervals. The vaccines only offer protection for a short > period of time, are expensive, and in some cases contain live viruses > that may infect the animals. Added to this, it is almost (completely?) impossible to trade meat with countries when you have vaccinated the animals. Vaccinated animals can still carry the disease and other countries obviously do not want to get it. Vaccination is part of a larger solution which still involves culling infected animals, and *also* animals that have been vaccinated againsed the infection.
