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Category Archives: foot-and-mouth disease
Canine FMD rescue ops
“Even the words ‘foot-and-mouth’ will send a chill through the spine of every farmer in the country.“ …and every dog. What do you do with all the sheepdogs when FMD has taken all your sheep? You call the canine FMD … Continue reading
Posted in epidemiology, FMD, foot-and-mouth disease, livestock
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Foot-and-mouth disease is back in the UK
DEFRA just released a news bulletin confirming that foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been diagnosed in the UK again and a few minutes ago BBC picked up the story. All livestock on the infected premises have been culled. A nationwide ban … Continue reading
Posted in cows, epidemiology, FMD, foot-and-mouth disease, livestock
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Bears on the difficulty of obtaining good data
There is a story today on the Browfield Ag News for America about Protecting the U.S. from foot-and-mouth disease. There is a sound clip of the story and and an interview with my boss Tim Carpenter here. I don’t usually … Continue reading
Posted in CADMS, FMD, foot-and-mouth disease, livestock, Tim Carpenter
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The killing fields, livestock style
There is an interesting blog post on the ScienceBlogs blog Effect Measure entitled The killing fields, poultry style about the potential ramifications of an avian influenza outbreak among poultry farms in the U.S. The key issue it raises is How … Continue reading
Posted in epidemiology, foot-and-mouth disease, livestock
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