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Foot and Mouth Outbreak -
WEEK 22 on...
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Some Facts
- The worst outbreak so far was in 1967 when 400,000 animals were slaughtered.
- In 1981 a single case occurred on the Isle of Wight.
- Since 1982 Britain has been classified as free of the disease.
- The total number of confirmed cases in the UK has reached 1.928 cases.
3,656,000 animals have been slaughtered.
38,000 awaiting slaughter
21,000 awaiting disposal
3 August 01
The government confirmed this week that it would slaughter more than 1.3m healthy lambs which cannot be exported because of foot and mouth export controls.
The lambs affected are smaller, "light" lambs, which are popular on the Continent but not in Britain.
More than 80,000 sheep in Cumbria are undergoing blood tests to check for signs of the disease.
And more than 5,000 sheep on the Brecon Beacons have been culled amid fears the disease could affect hundreds of thousands of animals which roam the Welsh mountain range.
Back to Foot and Mouth Index
LINKS
- news.bbc.co.uk
- www.defra.gov.uk
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