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FMD Expert Tapped to Help Shape Foreign Policy
2013-06-26 21:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Colorado State University Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) might sound medieval, but the highly infectious livestock disease poses such a threat to modern global economies and food security that international agencies are on high alert for any sign of an outbreak. Many livestock experts think FMD, which affects cattle, sheep and swine, is knocking at the door of the United States. Although the country has been free of the disease since 1929, experts are concerned about threat of an epidemic – like the one that struck the United Kingdom in 2001, forcing the slaughter of six million animals. read more
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