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2. FMD and BSE in the United Kingdom
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... The footand-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in the United Kingdom last year led to the eradication of 4 million livestock.
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... , the "World Health Organization" of animal diseases.
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... King credited the modelers with the ultimate success of the eradication program, by producing what turned out to be very accurate models predicting the impact of various intervention strategies in a very short period of time (See Figure 1~. Given the crucial role of the models in battling the epidemic, King suggested that epidemiological modeling should be included as part of veterinary training, so that veterinarians have "a full understanding of what these models can do and what they incorporate." Through an emergency interagency advisory group and with the input of scientists, veterinarians, and modelers, U.K.
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... "It was quite clear that since we had a massive logistical problem and a very large media interest, apparently not only in the United Kingdom, that we would have to present what we were doing openly and transparently to the media, and from the 24th of March onwards, I went on television and radio on a regular basis to inform the country as to how things were proceeding and why we were doing what we were doing," King said. Since the disease was, for the most part, not fatal to livestock and presented no harm to human health, the aggressive culling policy and the related decision not to use vaccination as a control method were significant concerns of the public.
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... IMPACTS ON THE FARMING COMMUNITY Thomas McManus, an Irish cattle farmer, described the personal devastation that resulted from the BSE and FMD outbreaks. The first case of BSE was diagnosed in Ireland in 1989 and, by 1996, the disease in the United Kingdom and Ireland had spiraled out of control.
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... "And a word of caution I would say to you that are going to make a report to the government: A stitch in time saves nine."
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