Foot and
Mouth Disease - Precautions and Advice
- DO
Disinfect
vehicles that may come into contact with susceptible
animals.
If you are a horse rider, keep off bridleways and
farmland.
Cancel rambles in affected areas and stay away from
farmland.
Keep your dog under control
- DON'T
Organise or attend
events where there is contact between susceptible
animals.
Hold meetings on farmland in the affected areas or
between members of the farming community.
Visit farms in the affected areas. If you must, stay away
from grazing land and animals.
Feed swill to susceptible animals.
Precautionary Measures:
Closed and Cancelled
- Deer sanctuary at Epping
Forest, Essex
- London Zoo
- Edinburgh Zoo
- Paignton Zoo
- Dudley Zoo and Castle
- Chester Zoo
- All National Trust land
containing livestock
- Dartmoor and Exmoor National
Parks
- The village primary school at
Highampton, where Devon's first foot and mouth outbreak
was confirmed on a local farm
- Ashbourne Shrovetide football
match (to prevent unnecessary movement of people)
- Countryside March in London
Limited Entry
- Postmen delivering to
affected farms told to leave post at the gates
- Whipsnade wild animal park in
Bedfordshire has banned cars until further notice
- Resident only ccess to
Richmond Park, Bushy Park and Hampton Court Home Park in
south-west London
Suspended
- All livestock movement
- All hunting by harriers,
beagles, foxhounds and staghounds
- Fishing in areas of
Herefordshire, Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and
Yorkshire
Action in Europe
- The Netherlands has killed
3,000 animals with UK links and cancelled livestock
markets for a week
- Belgium is disinfecting all
animal lorries from the UK
- Germany has ordered all tests
on British animals
Infected Areas
- County Durham:- Wolsingham
- Devon:- Burdon Farm,
Highampton; Hollacombe; Hatherleigh
- Essex:- Canewdon; Great
Warley; Cheale Meats Abbattoir; Little Warley
- Herefordshire:- Hill Farm,
Llancloudy
- Lancashire:- Withnell
- Northamptonshire:- Wootton
- Northumberland:- Burnside
Farm, heddon-on-the-Wall; Prestwick Hall Farm, Ponteland;
Westerhope
- Wales: Abbattoir in Anglesey
- Wiltshire: Bromham Abbattoir
and nearby farm
Source: Guardian Unlimited,
Up-dated 27th February 2001
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