Re: [ME] Florida and Bioterror

[Arclight <arclight@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 17:17 11.10.2001 -0400, CHam628781@aol.com wrote:

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>Er...no. FMD is highly infectious and prior to the current outbreak had 
>not been seen in the UK since 1967 (unless you meant it's now naturally 
>occuring of course, but that's due to government incompetence).
>
>In fact the government's reluctance to use vaccines stems from the fact 
>that countries that use them lose their FMD free status and as a 
>consequence have difficulty exporting produce.

As long as animals are vaccinated, FMD doesn't show up, even if animals are 
infected. So not vaccinating is the only way to find out *if* animals are 
infected, and with today's animal transports accross europe, it's really 
important to know that.

Arclight