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Is there an alternative to burial and burning?
Yes. Anyone who has looked at pictures from the UK, Japan, or South Korea during their confrontations with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the past decade has probably asked themselves whether “we” would be better prepared or more effective in our … Continue reading
Posted in FMD News, Just My Thoughts, One Health
Tagged biosecurity, composting, FMD, foot-and-mouth disease, Japan, rendering, South Korea
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Recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks deserve a closer look
Taiwan 1997 Taiwan was free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from 1929 until 1997. An outbreak in 1997 spread rapidly among swine herds resulting in the destruction of 3.8 million pigs and loss of export markets. Taiwan now produces 6 million … Continue reading
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Tagged FMD, foot-and-mouth disease, Japan, outbreak, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, Waygu cattle
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FMD closes South Korea markets
South Korea was unable to shake off foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in 2010. As the third outbreak of the year continues into 2011, the cull in South Korea has now surpassed the total of the 2002 outbreak (160,000) by 4-fold, reaching … Continue reading
FMD in South Korea
On March 23, it was reported that South Korea had not confirmed a new case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) since the end of January. On April 9, a beef farm was confirmed to have FMD. By April 19, FMD had … Continue reading
