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Topic: Foot and Mouth Disease

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Most admires:

Oprah Winfrey

Favorite possession(s):

Smallpox vaccine

Politics:

Animal rights

Currently has on their coffee table:

Food & Wine magazine, New Scientist

Dream job(s):

Farmer, President of the United States

Favorite body part(s):

Mouth

Favorite food(s):

McDonalds

Favorite great leader(s):

Neville Chamberlain, Primo de Rivera

Favorite royal(s):

Franz Ferdinand

Favorite sport(s):

Horseriding

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Produces Anthrax in their basement, Infected with HIV

Favorite drink(s):

Milk

Membership(s):

Greenpeace

Favorite quote(s):

"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread." - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
"But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near." - Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)

Expert Talk

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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

The foot and mouth disease outbreak in Europe resulted in the unit amending the conditions for the importation of dairy products from the European Union.
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE We have been asked by the Catering Services Manager to reassure all students and parents that there is no risk to food safety as a result of this outbreak, although menus may have to be changed at short notice.

Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker

The current outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK can be traced to premises near Newcastle upon Tyne.

Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent

However, this was postponed due to the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease and the risk it posed to agriculture in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender

LATEST FOOT and MOUTH DISEASE NEWS Saturday 3rd March 2001 I have it on very good authority that the outbreak was caused by the 'O type' foot and mouth virus that is currently rampant in Thailand.
The protocol for the importation of horses was developed with foot and mouth disease (FMD) in mind, however in view of the rapidly changing situation in the UK Australia is taking a very conservative approach to quarantine.
Now that Argentina has been declared Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) free, they certainly have the potential to be an Australian competitor in exports markets.

Josh Hogan,
Commander

Due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom and concerns about its transmission, the Hydrology MSc Field trip due to take place between 19th to 23rd March has been postponed.

David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

Is the Minister aware that the current strain of foot-and-mouth disease is of Asian origin; that it is one of the most virulent strains of the disease; and that the British Government have, as usual, been economical with the truth in respect of what they have said about the outbreak?
Disease Surveillance As well as all of the disease enquiries mainly related to the foot and mouth outbreak a lot of the talk at the moment from the Veterinary Profession is about Disease Surveillance.
Or is it just coincidence that first there was an outbreak of mad cow disease, and then another outbreak of foot and mouth disease, most of which was concentrated in England?

Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate

TONY BLAIR's government is increasingly turning to desperate measures to eradicate foot and mouth disease (FMD) and allow their planned May election to proceed.

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