14/09/07
The National Beef Association has called on livestock farmers
to maintain their good discipline following Wednesday’s
(September 12th) FMD outbreak in Surrey and work as well as they
did over August to help Great Britain be rid of the virus in
the shortest possible time.
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“We moved through the full movement restriction range in
just five weeks last time, which was the best we could possibly
have hoped for within rules laid down by the European Union, and
we must all do our best to limit the damage and increase our chances
of securing the earliest possible release again,” said NBA
chairman, Duff Burrell.
“So far just one farm is affected and the first job for farmers
and government is to discover exactly where the virus, which has
a 15 day incubation period, is and where it might have been taken
too.”
“The unexpected confirmation of a new outbreak is very bad
news for everyone but if movement restrictions are obeyed to the
letter, and the disease is contained, the considerable cost it
imposes on the industry can be minimised.”
“Contact tracing from the seat of the new outbreak is already
underway and as long inter-farm movement discipline prevails, and
this dreadful virus is not carried further, we all have a chance
of moving back to normal trading conditions more quickly than would
be case if unnecessary and silly risks were taken.”
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