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A manufactured plague : the history of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is currently regarded as one of the world's worst animal plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat to human health? And why in the epidemic of 2001 did the government's control strategy still rely upon Victorian trade restrictions and mass slaughter? This groundbreaking and well-researched book shows that for over a century FMD has brought fear tragedy and sorrow- damaging businesses and affecting international relations. Yet these effects were neither inevitable nor caused by FMD itself but were rather the produc.

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  • "In 2001, foot-and-mouth disease raged across Britain. The only thing more disturbing than the outbreak was the government reaction: the mass slaughter and incineration of millions of cattle. Drawing on government and private sources, this text reveals the people, policies and fears that led to devastation."
  • "Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is currently regarded as one of the world's worst animal plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat to human health? And why in the epidemic of 2001 did the government's control strategy still rely upon Victorian trade restrictions and mass slaughter? This groundbreaking and well-researched book shows that for over a century FMD has brought fear tragedy and sorrow- damaging businesses and affecting international relations. Yet these effects were neither inevitable nor caused by FMD itself but were rather the produc."@en

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  • "History"
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  • "A manufactured plague ? the history of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain"
  • "A Manufactured plague? : the history of foot and mouth disease in Britain"
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  • "A manufactured plague? : the history of foot and mouth disease in Britain"

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