Following up to charles <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Why does this thing hit the UK so much more often than mainland
>> Europe?
>
>Don't they vaccinate the cattle?

no, that only happens in third world type places. In Europe the
disease has generally been erradicated, outbreaks are dealt with by
culling. If you vacinate its not possible to be sure if the disease is
present.
--
Mike
(remove clothing to email)

Chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds said flooding may have been
the source of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

The outbreak in 2001 led to between 6.5 million and 10 million animals
being destroyed and cost as much as £8.5bn.

2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_UK...Mouth_Outbreak

On Tuesday 7th August 2007 a Defra spokesman said laboratory results
showed foot-and-mouth at the second site, not far from the first
infected location, Wolford farm, near Guildford.

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In message <[email protected]>, Jim Webster
<[email protected]> writes
>
>"jf" <[email protected]> wrote in message

>> Fingers crossed that the Loseley House (Godalming) Battle Proms goes ahead
>> next Saturday. Can't go without my annual fix of the roar of cannons and
>> the screams of dying frogs and huns. I checked the Battle Proms website
>> earlier today and they were still flogging tickets.
>
>cannot help you on this one. It might depend on whether there are livestock
>on the field at the moment that cannot be moved off (that was one problem in
>2001)
>Taking horses into the area is probably not on, but people shouldn't be an
>issue.

Thanks, Jim. Looks like you're right. Loseley House say they're outside
the killing zone anyway.

See http://www.loseley-park.com/FootandMouth.asp

Director of Communications ruled during last outbreak that the DEFRA
song sheet should refer to 'culled' not 'slaughter' or 'killing. One
wonders how many editors, worried about their lobby favours, will toe
the party line.

--
James Follett. Novelist (Callsign G1LXP)

"jf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> X-No-Archive: yes
>
> In message <[email protected]>, Jim Webster
> <[email protected]> writes
>>
>>"jf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>>> Fingers crossed that the Loseley House (Godalming) Battle Proms goes
>>> ahead
>>> next Saturday. Can't go without my annual fix of the roar of cannons and
>>> the screams of dying frogs and huns. I checked the Battle Proms website
>>> earlier today and they were still flogging tickets.
>>
>>cannot help you on this one. It might depend on whether there are
>>livestock
>>on the field at the moment that cannot be moved off (that was one problem
>>in
>>2001)
>>Taking horses into the area is probably not on, but people shouldn't be an
>>issue.
>
> Thanks, Jim. Looks like you're right. Loseley House say they're outside
> the killing zone anyway.
>
> See http://www.loseley-park.com/FootandMouth.asp
>
> Director of Communications ruled during last outbreak that the DEFRA song
> sheet should refer to 'culled' not 'slaughter' or 'killing. One wonders
> how many editors, worried about their lobby favours, will toe the party
> line.
>

I suspect that depending upon the period you reenact, slaugher or killing
might be more appropriate ;-)
Anyway hope it is a good weekend for people down there

Jim Webster

>>> Fingers crossed that the Loseley House (Godalming) Battle Proms
>>> goes ahead next Saturday. Can't go without my annual fix of the
>>> roar of cannons and the screams of dying frogs and huns.
>> Director of Communications ruled during last outbreak that the
>> DEFRA song sheet should refer to 'culled' not 'slaughter' or
>> 'killing'.
> I suspect that depending upon the period you reenact, slaughter
> or killing might be more appropriate ;-)
> Anyway hope it is a good weekend for people down there

Sounds like an opportunity not to be wasted. The officials doing
the cull could all dress up in Viking-period HAZMAT suits, pillage
and burn in the appropriately period way, and torch Pirbright for
a grand finale. Perhaps Merial's staff could be sold to the Moors
as harem girls, eunuch servants and galley slaves to defray expenses.

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Make credence recognised that on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:38:59 +0100,
Gloria <[email protected]> has scripted:

>On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:25:16 +0200, Doesn't Frequently Mop
><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>Make credence recognised that on Sat, 4 Aug 2007 09:51:46 +0100,
>>"Knight Of The Road" <[email protected]> has scripted:
>>
>>><[email protected]> wrote
>>>
>>>> Animals on a farm near Guildford in Surrey have been found to be
>>>> infected with foot-and-mouth disease.
>>>>
>>>> A 3km protection zone has been put in place around the premises and a
>>>> UK ban imposed on movement of all livestock.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Oh FFS, not again!
>>
>>Why does this thing hit the UK so much more often than mainland
>>Europe?
>
>Lazy farmers.
>Bad farming practice.
>Incompetent buffoons supervising the inbred farming community.

Sounds like that last one was the culprit in this case.
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jf wrote:
> Director of Communications ruled during last outbreak that the DEFRA
> song sheet should refer to 'culled' not 'slaughter' or 'killing. One
> wonders how many editors, worried about their lobby favours, will toe
> the party line.
>

James,
I'm surprised you didn't drop the dictionary definition of "cull" in
here. (I'm sure you know it!)

Culling involves selection within herd, flock etc. That doesn't fit here.

Andy

"Doesn't Frequently Mop" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote in
message news[email protected]...
> Make credence recognised that on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:38:59 +0100,
> Gloria <[email protected]> has scripted:
>
>>On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:25:16 +0200, Doesn't Frequently Mop
>><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>
>>>Make credence recognised that on Sat, 4 Aug 2007 09:51:46 +0100,
>>>"Knight Of The Road" <[email protected]> has scripted:
>>>
>>>><[email protected]> wrote
>>>>
>>>>> Animals on a farm near Guildford in Surrey have been found to be
>>>>> infected with foot-and-mouth disease.
>>>>>
>>>>> A 3km protection zone has been put in place around the premises and a
>>>>> UK ban imposed on movement of all livestock.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Oh FFS, not again!
>>>
>>>Why does this thing hit the UK so much more often than mainland
>>>Europe?
>>
>>Lazy farmers.
>>Bad farming practice.
>>Incompetent buffoons supervising the inbred farming community.
>
> Sounds like that last one was the culprit in this case.

And here was me thinking it was a bunch employed by a US research company in
a US managed establishment...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

"Jack Campin - bogus address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>>> Fingers crossed that the Loseley House (Godalming) Battle Proms
>>>> goes ahead next Saturday. Can't go without my annual fix of the
>>>> roar of cannons and the screams of dying frogs and huns.
>>> Director of Communications ruled during last outbreak that the
>>> DEFRA song sheet should refer to 'culled' not 'slaughter' or
>>> 'killing'.
>> I suspect that depending upon the period you reenact, slaughter
>> or killing might be more appropriate ;-)
>> Anyway hope it is a good weekend for people down there
>
> Sounds like an opportunity not to be wasted. The officials doing
> the cull could all dress up in Viking-period HAZMAT suits, pillage
> and burn in the appropriately period way, and torch Pirbright for
> a grand finale. Perhaps Merial's staff could be sold to the Moors
> as harem girls, eunuch servants and galley slaves to defray expenses.
>

I like the cut of your jib sir!

Jim Webster