yeah, all ruminants and pigs will have to be destroyed.

Oh Matt, I pray that this is a confined episode and that it has been caught in time, it would be tragic if this was to be an outbreak on a larger scale.

I have organised for my breeding stock to be picked up at early o'clock, and they will go onto a closed farm of a friends, but I cant move the rest.

Fingers crossed for you and yours Matt and i wish you loads of luck.

Thanks Sam, I am just a small flock owner, I have friends who are full time farmers and they live off about £8000 a year, losing their stock will finish them.

Bloody Hell i dont know how they survive off that at the best of times never mind something like that happening - well its about time the government pulled their fingers out and started helping out our farmers as they do in other countries - that is a ridiculous amount to expect people to survive on i am really shocked by that.
Well good luck to them all and fingers crossed for them.
Love Sam

problem is that a lot of farmers are screwing the system and giving the rest a bad name.

OMG - i am so niave in a lot of areas of life - yes its always the same isnt it the few that spoil it for the rest.
Take care
Love Sam

fingers crossed for you, hope it is an isolated case.

Matt Im keeping my fingers crossed for you ,its awful that there is another outbreak..............

Thanks, I have just heard through the grape vine that the lesions have started to heal......bit odd that one!

I'm happy to say I'm off to bed ... see ya

Later mate.

Nighty night.

Seems like the animal industry has shot itself in the foot, a company producing vaccine against foot and mouth seems to have caused the outbreak. Ironic that as the use of the vaccine is prohibited in the UK