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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