The History of Foot-and-mouth Disease in Britain
by
Abigail Woods
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is currently regarded as one of the world's worst animal plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat to human health? And why, in the epidemic of 2001, did the government's control strategy still rely upon Victorian trade...