RFI: Foot & Mouth Disease Vaccine (3)
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Vaccination is permitted since yesterday by the EU in the Netherlands
where 5 farms had cases of foot-and-mouth disease. Germany discussed
yesterday vaccination as there are calls to start vaccinating espe-
cially in the North West region neighbouring the Netherlands.
I am curious why the outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease in Europe
(ca. 400 cases) is getting more news exposure than that in South Af-
rica last Fall, in Rwanda (Feb-March, ca 124), and in Tanzania and
Uganda, and recently South America? Isn't it a concerning enough is-
sue that should require much more attention?
It seems that in South Africa and Europe the outbreaks were linked
with floods and drastic rain conditions. Could it be that the new
outbreaks of the foot-and-cloth are a side-effect of climate changes?
Christian Labadie
mailto:CLabadie@t-online.de
Links:
--Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania (in French)
http://www.woya.com/news/french/pana/articles/2001/03/08/FRE095.shtml
South Africa:
--Mpumalanga foot-and-mouth disease caused by wild animals, Dec 07, 2000
http://www.sabcnews.com/SABCnews/south_africa/general/0,1009,8302,00.html
--Foot-and-mouth disease plunges KZN into economic crisis
http://www.sabcnews.com/SABCnews/economy/business/0,1009,7204,00.html
Europe:
-- Special report on the foot and mouth disease
http://www.guardian.co.uk/footandmouth/
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