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Topic: Foot and Mouth

Vital Stats

The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

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 animal(s):

Horse

Favorite great leader(s):

Neville Chamberlain, Primo de Rivera, Adolf Hitler

Favorite royal(s):

Franz Ferdinand

Favorite sport(s):

Horseriding

Favorite drink(s):

Milk

Medical note(s):

Produces Anthrax in their basement, Infected with HIV

Membership(s):

Greenpeace

Favorite quote(s):

"He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death." - H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)
"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread." - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Expert Talk

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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Foot and mouth: continuing support The Revenue and Customs and Excise have stated that they are continuing to provide assistance to businesses and individuals affected by foot and mouth disease.
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.
The Foot and Mouth disease crisis imposed a significant workload on the Service and our ability to deliver our agreed plans.

John Fielding,
CEO

Foot and Mouth disease and the downturn in the IT Sector began to have an adverse effect on confidence in the property market as early as the second quarter of 2001.

Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

Foot and mouth outbreak has been noted to be a related symptom of the drought, which has forced the extended movement of livestock for grazing, and ox-drawn carts with people in search of food.

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.

Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

If Foot and Mouth disease enters the island then infection can be caused by particles moving in the air between animals or by animals consuming particles of virus that have settle on their feed.

Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE SHEEP HERD IN VERMONT THAT WAS RECENTLY SUSPECTED OF BEING INFECTED WITH Foot and Mouth DISEASE This was an imported herd of sheep that has been held in quarantine for several years.
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.

David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE Foot and Mouth Disease is an acute infectious viral disease causing fever, followed by the development of blisters - chiefly in the mouth and on the feet.
What is Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) FMD is a highly contagious viral disease of all cloven hoofed animals.
The reason for this is that if a case of Foot and Mouth disease does occur in Guernsey then if we have already instigated all the necessary precautions there will be a much better chance of containing the outbreak.

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