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Poor England.... FMD......Again

Mike

Well-known member
NEWS RELEASE
Ref: 070803E/07
Date: 3 August 2007Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR
Out of hours telephone 020 7270 8960

Foot and Mouth Disease confirmed in cattle, in Surrey
Following an investigation of suspected vesicular disease by Animal Health on a holding near Guildford in Surrey, laboratory results have this evening indicated that the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus is present in samples from cattle on the premises.

On the basis of the initial laboratory results Debby Reynolds, UK Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed Foot and Mouth Disease. In accordance with the legislation and contingency planning arrangements all the cattle on the premises will be culled. A Protection Zone of three kilometres radius and a Surveillance Zone of 10 kilometres has been placed around the premises, and a GB wide national movement ban of all ruminants and pigs has been imposed.

Nationally no animal movements are allowed except under licence, controls are in place on movement of animal carcasses, animal gatherings, shearing and dipping are restricted, and all farms must increase levels of biosecurity. In both the Protection and Surveillance Zones, there will be requirements for increased levels of biosecurity on farms, movement controls, controls on transportation of dung/manure and treatment of animal products to ensure destruction of the FMD virus.

The farm itself has been under restrictions since late on Thursday evening when symptoms were reported to the local Animal Health office. A 1km temporary restriction zone was placed around the premises earlier today whilst investigations and testing were completed, in line with domestic and EU legislation.

The European Commission has been informed.

Notes to editors
1. Advice from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is that foot and mouth disease is not a direct public health threat. The Food Standards Agency considers that foot and mouth disease has no implications for the human food chain.

2. FMD is a disease of cattle and very few human cases have ever been recorded even though the disease is endemic in animals in many parts of the world including Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America. Foot and mouth disease only crosses the species barrier from cattle to human with very great difficulty. The last human case reported in Britain occurred in 1966. The disease in humans, in the very rare cases that have occurred, is mild, short-lived and requires no medical treatment.

3. The movement of animals, animal products, feed and bedding in the zones will be prohibited, except under license. Products from animals in these zones will be subject to treatment to ensure destruction of the FMD virus. This is an animal health measure rather than a public health measure. Such treatments include the pasteurisation of milk (normal process for most milk produced in the UK), heat treatment or de-boning and maturation of meat in certain circumstances.

4. The exact details on the measures that apply in Protection and Surveillance Zones can be found on the Defra website at: www.defra.gov.uk/footandmouth/about/index.htm

5. Export health certificates for animals and animal products will be withdrawn. Exports from GB of susceptible animals during the risk period will be identified and notified to the importing countries.

End

Public enquiries: 08459 335577
News releases available on our website:
www.defra.gov.uk
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Page published: 3 August 2007 21:40
 

flounder

Well-known member
04/08/2007 22:23


Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (National)

(DEFRA) Results of Foot and Mouth disease strain in Surrey, extension of zones



The FMD strain found in Surrey is not one currently known to be recently found in animals. It is most similar to strains used in international diagnostic laboratories and in vaccine production, including at the Pirbright site shared by the Institute of Animal Health (IAH) and Merial Animal Health Ltd, a pharmaceutical company. The present indications are that this strain is a 01 BFS67 - like virus, isolated in the 1967 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Great Britain.

This strain is present at the IAH and was used in a batch manufactured in July 2007 by the Merial facility. On a precautionary basis Merial has agreed to voluntarily halt vaccine production.

In response to this new information Debby Reynolds, Chief Veterinary Officer has instructed that a new single Protection Zone be created encompassing both the infected farm premises and the Pirbright site, with a single 10km radius Surveillance Zone.

Immediate action is being taken with an investigation led by the Health and Safety Executive at the Institute for Animal Health and Merial.

In addition an urgent independent review into biosecurity arrangements at both sites has been commissioned led by Professor Brian Spratt of Imperial University. It will report to Hilary Benn and Debby Reynolds.

This incident remains at an early stage. It is too soon to reach any firm conclusions. All potential sources of the virus will continue to be investigated. All other precautionary measures announced yesterday remain in place.

Notes to editors
1. Advice from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is that foot and mouth disease is not a direct public health threat. The Food Standards Agency considers that foot and mouth disease has no implications for the human food chain.

2. FMD is a disease of cattle and very few human cases have ever been recorded even though the disease is endemic in animals in many parts of the world including Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America. Foot and mouth disease only crosses the species barrier from cattle to human with very great difficulty. The last human case reported in Britain occurred in 1966. The disease in humans, in the very rare cases that have occurred, is mild, short-lived and requires no medical treatment.

3. The exact details on the measures that apply in Protection and Surveillance Zones can be found on the Defra website

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IL Rancher

Well-known member
Good god.. I feel so bad for the area that this happened in.. Hopefully they can get it under control faster than the last time but these thigns seem to spread like wildfire.. Sounds like we will be getting the biosecurity stuff in the mail again from uncle sam..
 

flounder

Well-known member
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE, BOVINE - UK (02): 01 BFS67-LIKE VIRUS
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A ProMED-mail post
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ProMED-mail is program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>

Date: 4 Aug 2007
Source: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [edited]
<http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/latest/2007/animal-0803.htm>


Foot and mouth disease confirmed in cattle, in Surrey
--------------------------------------------------------
The foot and mouth disease (FMD) strain found in Surrey is not one
currently known to be recently found in animals. It is most similar
to strains used in international diagnostic laboratories and in
vaccine production, including at the Pirbright site shared by the
Institute of Animal Health (IAH) and Merial Animal Health Ltd, a
pharmaceutical company. The present indications are that this strain
is a 01 BFS67-like virus, isolated in the 1967 Foot and Mouth Disease
outbreak in Great Britain.

This strain is present at the IAH and was used in a batch
manufactured in July 2007 by the Merial facility. On a precautionary
basis Merial has agreed to voluntarily halt vaccine production.

In response to this new information Debby Reynolds, chief veterinary
officer, has instructed that a new single protection zone be created
encompassing both the infected farm premises and the Pirbright site,
with a single 10-km [6.2-mile] radius surveillance zone.

Immediate action is being taken with an investigation led by the
health and safety executive at the Institute for Animal Health and Merial.

In addition an urgent independent review into biosecurity
arrangements at both sites has been commissioned led by Professor
Brian Spratt of Imperial University. It will report to Hilary Benn
and Debby Reynolds.

This incident remains at an early stage. It is too soon to reach any
firm conclusions. All potential sources of the virus will continue to
be investigated. All other precautionary measures announced yesterday
[3 Aug 2007] remain in place.

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall
[Similar material communicated by: Andrea Jones, Charlie Calisher
(former ProMED-mail Viral Diseases Moderator), and John Morgan]

[This must be a live-virus strain that is being used to develop the
vaccine. It causes one to wonder how the vaccine strain found itself
outside of the research area. Certainly there are many speculations
that one can imagine, but presently there are not answers. This
incident seems to be a deja vu experience for Mod.MHJ.- Mod.TG]

[see also:
Foot & mouth disease, bovine - UK: conf. 20070803.2523
Undiagnosed vesicular disease, bovine - UK (England), RFI 20070803.2509]
....................tg/ejp/mpp

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05/08/2007 14:58


Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (National)

(DEFRA) Additional Foot and Mouth disease test results in Surrey



The culling of the cattle on the infected enterprise in Surrey was completed yesterday. This included the 38 cattle known to be infected, and the cattle on the 2 additional sites, which together make up this same farming enterprise. The cattle on these two sites, both within the Surveillance Zone, showed no clinical signs of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) but were culled in line with normal procedure and tested. Results today have revealed that of the additional animals slaughtered one of them tested positive for FMD.

In line with normal procedures, Debby Reynolds, Chief Veterinary Officer has instructed that an additional 3km radius Protection Zone and wider 10km radius Surveillance Zone be placed around the second part of the farm. In addition, as a precaution because of potentially dangerous contacts, susceptible animals on one farm located next door to the field are being culled.

All procedures are being applied in line with the agreed contingency plan and intensive work is continuing to be done around the infected area to eradicate the disease. We are grateful for the cooperation of the local community.

Notes to editors
1. The Defra public helpline is currently operating from 6am-10pm. The public should call: 08459 335577.

2. Advice from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is that Foot and Mouth Disease is not a direct public health threat. The Food Standards Agency considers that foot and mouth disease has no implications for the human food chain.

3. FMD is a disease of cattle and very few human cases have ever been recorded even though the disease is endemic in animals in many parts of the world including Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America. Foot and mouth disease only crosses the species barrier from cattle to human with very great difficulty. The last human case reported in Britain occurred in 1966. The disease in humans, in the very rare cases that have occurred, is mild, short-lived and requires no medical treatment.

4. The exact details on the measures that apply in Protection and Surveillance Zones can be found on the Defra website at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/footandmouth/about/index.htm

Public enquiries 08459 335577;


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pros and cons on human transmission of FMD


APHIS et al ;

Q: Can people get the disease from animals?
A: It is not believed to readily affect humans. The disease has no
implications for the human food chain. People, however, can spread the virus
to animals because it can remain in human nasal passages for as long as 28
hours.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/faq_ahfmd.html


DEFRA et al ;

Can people contract the disease?
Advice from the Department of Health is that it is very rare. There has only
been one recorded case of FMD in a human being in Great Britain and that was
in 1966. The general effects of the disease in that case were similar to
influenza with some blisters. It is a mild short-lived, self-limiting
disease. The Food Standards Agency have advised that the disease in animals
has no implications for the human food chain.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/footandmouth/about/qanda.htm#4



Foot and mouth disease is a zoonosis, a disease
transmissible to humans, but it crosses the species bar­
rier with difficulty and with little effect. Given the high
incidence of the disease in animals, both in the past
and in more recent outbreaks worldwide, its occur­
rence in man is rare3 so experience of the human
infection is limited. The last human case reported in
Britain occurred in 1966, during the last epidemic of
foot and mouth disease.4 The circumstances in which it
does occur in humans are not well defined, though all
reported cases have had close contact with infected
animals. There is one report from 1834 of three veteri­
narians acquiring the disease from deliberately
drinking raw milk from infected cows.5 There is no
report of infection from pasteurised milk, and the
Food Standards Agency considers that foot and mouth
disease has no implications for the human food chain.

http://birdflubook.com/resources/Prempeh565.pdf




Fiebre aftosa en seres humanos. Un caso en Chile

Foot and mouth disease in human beings. A human case in Chile



Patricio Berríos E.

Universidad Andrés Bello Santiago, Chile
Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria
Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales



Foot and mouth disease (FMD) of cattle can cause a significant economic
burden and is thus for one of the most feared of cattle disease. FMD is
endemic in South America, Africa, Asia and parts of Europe and it is
characterized by vesicles in different locations, mainly mouth, feet and
teats leading to severe animal weakness. Currently most countries refuse to
import livestock and livestock products from FMD areas. North and Central
America are currently free of FMD and Chile is free of FMD from 1987.
Approximately 40 cases of human infection with FMD virus have been reported,
mostly in Europe, and confirmed by virus isolation and the detection of a
specific immune response. We discuss the case of a human infection with FMD
virus occurred in Chile in 1961 and other relevant cases reported. FMD does
not currently present a threat to public health. Even though the FMD virus
has the potential to mutate rapidly and emerge as a significant human
zoonosis; the rarity of the disease in humans despite a long history of
close contact with FMD infected animals suggests that the risk is highly
improbable. Then FMD should not be managed as a zoonosis.


snip...


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Recibido: 7 noviembre 2005
Aceptado: 27 septiembre 2006

Correspondencia a:
Patricio Berríos Etchegaray
[email protected]




http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-10182007000200013&tlng=en&lng=en&nrm=iso



Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
 

Kathy

Well-known member
This isn't the first time Foot and Mouth escaped from a Government Lab - apparently shared with US pharmaceutical firm, Merial Animal Health.

Foot and Mouth Virus Released From Government Lab
Case mirrors 2001 outbreak, could signal new wave of agraterrorism against farming community

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Sunday, August 5, 2007

Update: Russian news agency ITAR-TASS (see below) is reporting that the release of the virus came after an "international drill" last month that was held at Pirbright Laboratory, in which live virus was used. Real attacks are always shadowed by drills to provide culpable deniability.

The strain of foot and mouth disease that has put Britain on high alert has been identified as originating from a government laboratory which is shared with an American pharmaceutical company, mirroring the deadly outbreak of 2001 and potentially signaling a new wave of agraterrorism intended to cripple the farming community.

New Prime Minister Gordon Brown has chaired two Cobra emergency meetings and farmers nationwide have been ordered to halt movements of all livestock in response to the situation after after foot-and-mouth was confirmed at Wolford farm, near Guildford, on Friday night.

As was the case in 2001, when a vial of foot and mouth virus that was "stolen" from a government bio-weapons laboratory caused untold misery for thousands of farmers and devastated the industry, the origin of the latest outbreak traces directly back to a government research facility.

The strain in infected cattle is identical to that used for vaccines at the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright, three miles from the farm," reports the BBC.

The strain was used in a vaccine batch manufactured on 16 July by a private pharmaceutical company Merial Animal Health.

The firm shares Pirbright with the government's Institute for Animal Health (IAH), which conducts research into foot-and-mouth and where the strain is also present.

Merial Animal Health is an American pharmaceutical company that manufactures foot and mouth vaccines containing live virus and is already being blamed as "responsible for the foot and mouth outbreak in Britain" by some newspapers.

Whether the culprits are the pharmaceutical company or the government research lab, serious questions need to be asked about why routine levels of bio-security were not followed and how the virus managed to escape. Press speculation that the virus became airborne and got out through the air ducts doesn't comport with the basic composition of vaccines and how they would normally be stored.

Off limits: Six years ago, Tony Blair made most of the British countryside inaccessible as the rural areas were turned into giant quarantine zones.

For those who doubt the veracity of a British government plot to once again eviscerate the livelihoods of farmers (routinely the biggest power block opposing the Labour government) in an act of agraterrorism, they should carefully consider what happened in 2001. The Sunday Express reported that the foot and mouth virus was released deliberately out of Porton Down bio-weapons facility and could have possibly been the source of the outbreak two months later.

The disease spread like wildfire throughout the country as many accused the government of not doing nearly enough to contain it and the spring of 2001 in England was characterized by apocalyptic images of burning pyres dotted all over the countryside as over four million animals were slaughtered.

Coupled with reports of the government making inquiries to timber merchants and sign makers (before closing public footpaths), it is inconceivable that an animal rights activist, as we are led to believe, could have penetrated a level 4 bio-weapons facility that also houses anthrax and ebola and is protected by armed guards of the Ministry of Defence Police and the Military Provost Guard Service. The individual who stole the vial must have had full security clearance to enter the facility. Why would an animal rights activist release a virus that would kill four million animals?

Patricia Doyle, PhD also reported that Foot and Mouth exercises were being run by the British government immediately before the outbreak was made public.

Experts are saying that the current outbreak is likely to be localized and we can only hope it remains this way, because Brown won't hesitate to turn huge swathes of the country into quarantine zones as a dry run for martial law just as his predecessor Tony Blair did six years ago.


Don't forget how the UK government burned all the thousands of hooven animals destroyed in 2001 on pyres of CREOSOTE soaked "Canadian" railway ties.... already on hand, and stored at the dry docks.

Creosote is claimed by Dr. Vitaly Vodyanoy of Auburn University in Alabama to inhibit the activity of all proteons, including prions. I'd like to know how they are destroying the carcasses of these new Foot and Mouth cases, and herd mates.




Bird Flu Drill at Government Lab Preceded Foot and Mouth Virus Outbreak

Itar-Tass | August 6, 2007

The source of foot-and-mouth disease found in southern Britain is a U.S. pharmaceutical company, the Mail on Sunday weekly reported.

British specialists said the strain of food-and-mouth disease found in cattle on a farm in the county of Surry, was similar to the one used at a nearby laboratory.

The government-funded Institute for Animal Health's Pirbright Laboratory, which is studying the disease, is located some six kilometers from the affected farm.

A number of sources reported that it hosted an international drill last month during which live viruses of foot-and-mouth disease were used.

The virus was detected at one of the Surrey farms last Friday. All the 60 cattle were culled, and authorities have been checking other farms in close proximity.

The incubation period of this strain of the virus is three to five days.
 

Kato

Well-known member
They found it on another farm today. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Here's an update on case #1

Initial report on potential breaches to biosecurity at the Pirbright site, 2007
PDF version of initial report [80kb]
Background
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) was confirmed at a farm in Surrey on 3 August 2007.
Preliminary Defra investigations indicated that the virus may have originated from the Pirbright site at which two separate organisations are based: the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) and Merial Animal Health Ltd (Merial).
A multidisciplinary cross-government team with representatives from HSE, Defra, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and the Environment Agency (EA) supported by others, conducted on-site investigations on 5, 6 and 7 August.
This initial report outlines the investigation’s key lines of inquiry and the next steps planned as of 7 August 2007.
Purpose of the investigation
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) was asked by the Government to lead a team to investigate any potential breaches of biosecurity at the IAH and Merial sites; whether such breaches may have led to a release of any specified animal pathogen and whether any such breaches had been rectified to prevent future incidents. A multidisciplinary team was assembled with expertise in a wide range of relevant areas, including in investigation; in working with highly infectious viruses; in engineering control systems relevant to containment; in veterinary medicine production; and in management systems for controlling risk and environmental protection issues.

The legal position
The primary legal requirement applying to the site is the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998, enforced by Defra, which requires licensing of work with FMDV. HSE’s primary remit is to regulate the health and safety of staff at IAH and the Merial sites and to regulate (jointly with Defra) human health and environmental risks from work involving genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at the IAH.

What we did
We concentrated on biosecurity issues associated with FMDV strain O1BFS67 as this was the strain associated with the outbreak.
We concentrated on the time frame between 14 and 25 July 2007 as this was advised by Defra to be the most likely period of infection.
We investigated whether or not this strain was in use at the IAH and Merial sites in that time frame and the precise nature of any activities undertaken.
We investigated whether or not there had been any lapses in control measures which could have led to a breach in biosecurity and whether these could be linked to the outbreak.
To do this we carried out inspections of all facilities of both the IAH and Merial sites where the FMDV strain is handled. This involved checking key biosecurity measures including engineering controls, management systems, working practices and a review of the record logs. We reviewed documents, interviewed staff and visually inspected all the facilities.

What we found
The following key lines of inquiry were investigated:

Identifying the virus strain
We confirmed that the FMDV strain found at the outbreak farm was being worked on at both organisations at both the IAH and Merial sites during the period between 14 and 25 July 2007. This involved large scale production at the Merial site (10 000 litres) and a series of small scale experiments (less than 10 millilitres in each case) at the IAH site.
We have initiated further studies intended to provide additional molecular information on the virus types in use at both organisations. This requires detailed technical analysis and the results are not available for inclusion in this report but are expected within a week.
Subject to the ongoing work detailed above, the indications are that there is a strong probability that the FMDV strain involved in the farm outbreak originated from the IAH or the Merial sites.

Potential for airborne release from the site
We found no evidence of any working practices or incidents such as laboratory spillages or leakages from plant or equipment which could have led to a release of the FMDV strain within the contained working environment at either organisation.
We confirmed that all air being discharged to atmosphere from the contained working environments is first passed through a minimum of two high-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA) air filters.
We confirmed that there is continuous monitoring of the pressures of the ventilation systems of the facility and that the HEPA filters are routinely integrity tested in line with regulatory requirements.
Examination of local wind conditions for the period indicates that there was only a very limited period during which the wind could have acted as a transmission link. This would have had to coincide with a release of virus through the ventilation system. We found no evidence of such a release.
We are further exploring the meteorological data, but at this stage, we consider there to be a negligible combined likelihood that there was an airborne release from the IAH or the Merial sites which was subsequently transferred to the first affected farm between the 14 and 25 July 2007.

Potential for waterborne release from the site
We established that two separate effluent treatment systems exist on Pirbright site: one services the animal isolation unit at the IAH; the second services both the remainder of the IAH site together with the Merial site.
We established that the effluent treatment system servicing the IAH animal isolation unit employs a thermal inactivation process. There was no evidence of it operating unsatisfactorily between the 14 and 25 July 2007.
We established that the effluent treatment system servicing the remainder of the IAH site together with the Merial site employs a chemical inactivation process. Whilst control measures are in place at both premises to require chemical treatment of liquid effluent before it enters the system, a number of biosecurity issues have arisen which are subject to ongoing investigation. These include:
the integrity of the system and all associated pipework;
the potential for the FMD Virus to have entered this system during the specified time period;
whether heavy rain and flooding during the period may have overwhelmed this system;
whether any contaminated material could have been transferred between the IAH and Merial sites and the first affected farm.
For virus to have escaped from the effluent pipe, this would have required a failure in the intermediate inactivation process either at the Merial or IAH site and this would have had to coincide with the flooding.
Waterborne release onto the site remains a possibility. But preliminary investigations into the possibility of whether surface water from flooding from the site could have reached and contaminated the affected farm have indicated that this was negligible due to the distance, topography and direction of flow. These issues are being investigated further.

Potential for release from the site by human movements
There are various potential routes for accidental or deliberate transfer of material from the site. We have investigated site management systems and records and spoken to a number of employees. As a result we are pursuing lines of inquiry.

Release by human movement must also be considered a real possibility. Further investigation of the above issues is required and is being urgently pursued.

The next steps
We will continue with our work and report further as necessary. This report also provides a basis for the independent review of biosecurity arrangements to be led by Professor Spratt of Imperial College. We are briefing Professor Spratt and his team and will also offer him continuing support.
 

Kathy

Well-known member
here is a similar article to Katos post, just a few other facts found within that are interesting:

British probe suggests vaccine lab likely source of foot-and-mouth outbreakBy: The Canadian Press
at 19:20 on August 7, 2007, EST.

NORMANDY, England (AP) - Britain's health and safety agency said Tuesday there was a strong probability that a foot-and-mouth outbreak in southern England originated at a vaccine lab and was spread by human movement.

The outbreak was discovered on a farm just six kilometres from the Pirbright vaccine laboratory, which is shared by the government's Institute for Animal Health, or IAH, and a private pharmaceutical company, Merial Animal Health, the British arm of Duluth, Ga.-based Merial Ltd.

There is a "real possibility" the disease was spread by human movement, and the possibility it was transmitted by air or floodwaters was "negligible," the government's Health and Safety Executive said in the report.

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said the report brought efforts to stop the disease "a bit further forward." He said the possibility that the strain had been released by human movement would be urgently investigated, and that footpaths in the protection zone covering two infected farms would be closed immediately.

The highly contagious disease can be carried by wind and on the vehicles and clothes of people who come into contact with infected animals.

A group of cows at a second farm was confirmed to have the disease Tuesday. Cranes piled cattle carcasses onto trucks and authorities slightly expanded the protection zone around a second farm.

Both farms, about 50 kilometres southwest of London, were within the initial three-kilometre radius protection zone set up Friday, Benn said.

National Farmers' Union President Peter Kendall said the findings would only "add to the frustration and anger" of farmers.

"I have spoken to many farmers over the last few days who are absolutely horrified that the source of this outbreak could be from Pirbright," he said.

Merial said it was assessing the report and would comment on it as soon as possible. The company had previously said it found no evidence of a breach in biosecurity.

News of a second confirmed outbreak fed fears of a repeat of scenes in 2001, when seven million animals were killed and incinerated on pyres, devastating agriculture and rural tourism in Britain.

"We were starting to think this virus had been contained and maybe we were going to be getting back to normality in a few weeks," Laurence Matthews, who owns the farm where the second infected herd grazed, told British Broadcasting Corp. radio Tuesday.

"Now this has set us back again and most farmers - and I've been speaking to a few - are very, very scared," he said, adding that the infected cows belonged to a fellow farmer who used his land.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said a second report was expected as early as Wednesday.

"The work goes on to isolate, to contain, control and eradicate the disease," Brown said after the initial report was published.

The health and safety agency said Merial should not immediately resume production, despite a pending government order for 300,000 doses of a strain-specific foot-and-mouth vaccine.

"Our assessment is that there is no reason to prevent the Institute for Animal Health from operating providing that all the usual biosecurity protocols are followed rigorously. In relation to Merial, we advise that further work be done before any operations involving live pathogens are restarted," the health and safety agency's chief executive Geoffrey Podger said.

The disease strain was used in both labs. Merial produced about 10,000 litres of vaccine between July 14 and 25, while IAH conducted a series of small-scale experiments using fewer than 10 millilitres in each case, the report said.

The report found no evidence of any incidents such as laboratory spillages or working practices that could have led to a release of the strain.

Roger Pride, who runs the farm near Godalming, southern England, where the first outbreak was confirmed, said Tuesday his staff realized there was a problem when they spotted the cattle were "off colour and drooling."

"For a moment, we couldn't believe it," he said. "It felt as if our whole world was turned upside-down."

The containment process at the second farm seemed slow and laborious, as tractors, glimpsed from behind a thick row of trees, haphazardly piled carcasses. Once the pile was complete, a black crane grabbed the carcasses, one or two at a time, and slid them gently, but quickly, into a truck that would haul them off the premises

Britain's Chief Veterinary Officer Debby Reynolds has said the strain found in the first herd matched samples taken during Britain's 1967 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The strain had not been seen in animals for a long time but was used to produce vaccines, she said.

Foot-and-mouth disease affects cloven-hoofed animals, including cows, sheep, pigs and goats, but does not typically affect humans.

The first herd of around 120 cows from a farm in Normandy, outside Guildford, was slaughtered Saturday after the virus was identified and confirmed in two animals, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said. It said a total of 199 cows have been culled.

Britain has banned the export of livestock, meat and milk, a decision endorsed by the European Commission.


of the reported seven million animals destroyed on pyres of creosote soaked Canadian railway ties, in 2001 F&M outbreak, NONE were tested for BSE.

of the new cases, 2007, none will be tested for BSE

of the anthrax cases in AB, SASK and Manitoba - none are tested for BSE. In fact, all BSE test samples are tested for anthrax first, then if a positive result comes back - none are tested further for BSE. I'm not sure how they test a brain sample for anthrax; usually you test a blood sample.

Do you see a pattern here?

Seems the UK government is going to hire Merial to create the vaccines they want for this F/M outbreak. Isn't that just charming! The company releases the virus, then gets a contract to create 300,000 doses of the vaccine as a consequence. Sound business practices?

The strain of F/M this time (2007) was supposedly the same as the one from 1967, but not the same as the one from 2001. If it came from Merial's lab, may I ask - why are they producing a vaccine from a virus strain that appeared 40 years ago, and not from the strain that appeared 6 years ago?

My prayers go out to the farmers of the UK.




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MoGal

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2218183.ece

From The Times
August 8, 2007

Sabotage is suspected over foot-and-mouth
Lewis Smith, Environment Reporter
The deliberate release of viral material, possibly in an act of sabotage, may have caused the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, officials said last night.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said in a report ordered by the Prime Minister that “release by human movement [of the FMD virus] must be considered a real possibility”.

Inspectors all but discounted theories that the virus escaped by air or water from the laboratory complex close to where the outbreak started, although they are continuing to investigate the possibility of equipment failure or a security breach.

The HSE concluded in the report — which was sent to Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, last night — that there was “a strong probability” that the virus came from the research centre three miles from the first outbreak in a herd of cattle in Surrey.

Mr Benn said that sabotage could not be ruled out. “The truth is we do not know. That is why further investigations need to take place.”

The finding strengthens suspicions raised at the weekend when it was discovered that the strain of virus was one found only in laboratories. Investigators were unable, however, to decide whether the foot-and-mouth contamination escaped from the Institute of Animal Health, the government-funded body that first identified the virus, or Merial, a private company that shares the same site at Pirbright.

Further genetic analysis of the virus is being carried out to determine from which of the laboratory units the virus originated.

Any security breach could have been either deliberate or accidental and it was confirmed last night that government scientists have been inspecting allotments close to the first outbreak which are used by Pirbright workers to grow vegetables.

The report was released yesterday evening more than six hours after the 48-hour deadline requested by Mr Benn. The reasons for the delay were unclear, despite suggestions that “political and presentational” concerns were a factor.

Should investigators find that biosecurity systems or equipment at IAH were in any way to blame for the outbreak, ministers would face allegations that the failure was caused by years of underfunding.

If Merial is identified as the source of the disease outbreak the firm would face the potential of a multimillion-pound class action for damages by farmers whose businesses have been affected. Both Gordon Brown and Mr Benn appeared to point the finger of blame at Merial last night. They both suggested that further investigations would concentrate on equipment at Merial whereas the report that had been made public made no distinction between the company and IAH.

After the publication of the HSE’s report, the Prime Minister said: “The work goes on to isolate, contain, control and eradicate the disease.”

In their preliminary report on the outbreak, the HSE said there were “a number of biosecurity issues” that remained to be addressed at the complex. “There are various potential routes for accidental or deliberate transfer of material from the site,” they wrote. “Release by human movement must also be considered a real possibility. Further investigation . . . is being urgently pursued.”

They regarded as unlikely the chances of the virus being blown from one of the laboratory units and then being carried by wind to fields near the village of Normandy where they infected cattle on two farms.

Flooding from a failure of the effluent systems on the research site could not be discounted, but HSE inspectors said that they had been unable to find evidence of mechanical problems. The chance of water getting from Pirbright to the fields at Normandy was regarded as “negligible due to the distance”.

Geoffrey Podger, chief executive of the HSE, said: “The investigation to date has concentrated on biosecurity issues associated with FMDV strain 01BFS67 as this was the strain associated with the outbreak in farms in the Pirbright vicinity.”

The investigations concentrated on the actions of the IAH and Merial from July 14-25 as the dates identified by Defra when the escape must have taken place. Both research organisations used the viral strain during that time but whereas IAH employed it only in small scale experiments, Merial was involved in creating “large scale production” of 10,000 litres.

The HSE team of six investigators “found no evidence” of working practices, spills or leaks that could have led to a release of the virus.
 

andybob

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http://www.thecattlesite.com/footandmouth/18849/sabotage-at-pirbright-linked-to-religious-extremists

Another posibility, the worrying aspect is, no matter how the virus 'escaped' from the laboritory, what will be the next outbreak - modified Bacillus Anthricus?
 

Kathy

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The three amigos, USA-Canada-Mexico, have their leaders and lackies meeting in Quebec in August to discuss various issues related to the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" [SPP] aggrements. These are followups to NAFTA, otherwise known as the birth of the North American Union [NAU].

One of their priorities is to discuss how to react, on a continental scale, in case of a pandemic of "bird flu" or some other disease.

American military will be enforcing a no-talk, no-dissent, no-protest zone for 20 km apprx. around the meeting site. Yes, American troops on Canadian soil stomping over Canadian's rights to disagree with their government. And what is even sadder than that, is our Canadian Government and RCMP going along with it. Pathetic. Next election there will be many independent candidates running and new parties, like the Canadian Action Party [CAP] with Connie Fogal. These people will be voted in to replace the traitors who are handing over Canadian sovereignty to foreigners.

Considering the amount of "bird flu" vaccine on hand (thanks to one of Cheney's companies).... it is expected that these SPP/NAU forces will be instructed to enforce the innoculation of hundreds of thousands of people, even if it is against their will. And guess who thinks he'll be the leader/dictator of the NAU? "the decider" GW Bush.
 

Mrs.Greg

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Kathy said:
The three amigos, USA-Canada-Mexico, have their leaders and lackies meeting in Quebec in August to discuss various issues related to the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" [SPP] aggrements. These are followups to NAFTA, otherwise known as the birth of the North American Union [NAU].

One of their priorities is to discuss how to react, on a continental scale, in case of a pandemic of "bird flu" or some other disease.

American military will be enforcing a no-talk, no-dissent, no-protest zone for 20 km apprx. around the meeting site. Yes, American troops on Canadian soil stomping over Canadian's rights to disagree with their government. And what is even sadder than that, is our Canadian Government and RCMP going along with it. Pathetic. Next election there will be many independent candidates running and new parties, like the Canadian Action Party [CAP] with Connie Fogal. These people will be voted in to replace the traitors who are handing over Canadian sovereignty to foreigners.

Considering the amount of "bird flu" vaccine on hand (thanks to one of Cheney's companies).... it is expected that these SPP/NAU forces will be instructed to enforce the innoculation of hundreds of thousands of people, even if it is against their will. And guess who thinks he'll be the leader/dictator of the NAU? "the decider" GW Bush.
This information came from what source? I take part in yearly flu vaccinations,nobody has ever been made or even hinted at flu vacs having to be manditory.Even us health care workers are not made to take the shot,although why one wouldn't because it stops one from being a carrier I'll never know.

You Kathy are full of gloom and doom... :???:
 

Kathy

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This is difficult for people to admit, the truth.

Doom and gloom, maybe....

If you were in a room next to your family.... would you like to be told that they were being attached... during the attach OR after the fact?
 

Kathy

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We already have forced vaccines in the cattle industry... you have anthrax near your ranch.... you are ordered to vaccinate your cows.

you want your kid in daycare, vaccinate them.

you want your kid in school, they'll try to vaccinate them....I have seen this personally, and have first hand knowledge of children being vaccinated against their parents will (or without their prior knowledge) oops.

Right now, institutional and peer pressure forces people to take vaccines...

I think that vaccines are being used, in this day and age, as a tool to make our children sick and vulnerable to disease - not protecting them. I know plenty of healthy kids that haven't been vaccinated with anything.


On a side note, you might want to pick up some Dristan nasal spray... I see it has "thimerosal" in it, a mercury based adjuvant.

What better way to get mercury into your brain, than to inhale it!

Watch a 4 part interview with Dr. Boyd Haley on youtube. Just search it out. His information on the toxicity of mercury and its damage to the immune system and phagocytes is extremely enlightening....

Maybe you feel mercury is good for you?
 

Mrs.Greg

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Kathy I'm embarrassed,you figured it out,we're innoculating children to make them sick and have lower immunity...I think a trip to Kaisers town may help you get over your delusions.Seriously,I can't believe you believe that :(

Kathy,I have a very,very hard time believing that you know of children givin vaccines behind thier parents backs,a note of approval HAS to be signed and sent or no vaccine.
 

Northern Rancher

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I think there are plenty of DEAD kids around the world that weren't vaccinated with anything either. Some people could use an injection of common sense from time to time.
 

Kathy

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Accidents have happened where kids were given a shot at school without parental permission. They are rare, but it has happened in my home town.

The pharmaceutical companies are making vaccines that can kill you or your kid, ie: reactions.... There is a significant risk with vaccines.

While many don't believe thimerosal has anything to do with Autism - I would disagree. Read the book "Evidence of Harm" then we'll talk. I attended a Autism conference in January in Calgary. [by the way I personally don't know anyone with autism, I went because of the metal toxicity connection] I learned a great deal and talked with every speaker personally. The USA has 1 out of 150 kids with autism. Babies are being vaccinated on the day they are born, and many of these vaccines contain mercury or aluminum and other additives. Even vets know that you don't vaccinate calves younger than 3 months. Except, I don't hear vets discussing how giving a vaccine with mercury and a vaccine with aluminum on the same day will cause a "reaction" between the metals.

I personally had to write a letter to our health authority to tell them not to vaccinate my kids (unfortunately they have had the usual shots until they were in grade school)... not signing a permission slip wasn't enough for them... I had to write a letter and argue with the nurse. The fact they do some of these vaccinations in school is just wrong. If you want your kid vaccinated, the parent should have to be there with the kid when it happens. What if they have a reaction with the shot?

A healthy immune system is your best defense. Good nutrition is a safer method.

This article from May is just one to point out the dangers, including death and abortions from Gardasil. People are giving vaccines because the drug companies are pushing them. All that fine print in the magazine is to cover their a$$ when your kid dies or gets sick.

Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating To HPV Vaccine
24 May 2007

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, detailing 1,637 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil. Three deaths were related to the vaccine. One physician's assistant reported that a female patient "died of a blood clot three hours after getting the Gardasil vaccine." Two other reports, on girls 12 and 19, reported deaths relating to heart problems and/or blood clotting.

As of May 11, 2007, the 1,637 adverse vaccination reactions reported to the FDA via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) included 371 serious reactions. Of the 42 women who received the vaccine while pregnant, 18 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal abnormities.

Side effects published by Merck & Co. warn the public about potential pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the vaccine. Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects to vaccinations. But other more serious side effects reported include paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures.

"The FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a catalog of horrors," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "Any state or local government now beset by Merck's lobbying campaigns to mandate this HPV vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health reports. It looks as if an unproven vaccine with dangerous side effects is being pushed as a miracle drug."

Judicial Watch filed its request on May 9, 2007, and received the adverse event reports from the FDA on May 15, 2007. Judicial Watch has posted the adverse event reports on their Internet site at: http://www.JudicialWatch.org.

Judicial Watch
http://www.judicialwatch.org

http://www.safeminds.org/ Autism website.

http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/thimerosal.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHqVDMr9ivo Video of mercury destroying the myelin sheath of a snail brain neuron. Watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of0GrgxypuI video of growing neurons
 

elwapo

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AND THE BLACK HELICOPTERS CIRCLE!
Kathy
You have the right to believe whatever you want. But to use anecdotal information and put your kids at risk is bordering on abusive behavior. I hope your children never travel to a third world country where the diseases we have eradicated (THROUGH INOCULATION) still exist. Attitudes like yours are the reason cattle still die of bvd in the feedlots affecting the value of ALL OUR CATTLE.
 

Mrs.Greg

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elwapo said:
AND THE BLACK HELICOPTERS CIRCLE!
Kathy
You have the right to believe whatever you want. But to use anecdotal information and put your kids at risk is bordering on abusive behavior. I hope your children never travel to a third world country where the diseases we have eradicated (THROUGH INOCULATION) still exist. Attitudes like yours are the reason cattle still die of bvd in the feedlots affecting the value of ALL OUR CATTLE.
:clap: :clap:

KATHY,there are children with autism that have never been vaccinated,explain that to me. One of these children is a eight year old family member whos mother didn't believe in them.You need to read more then the sources you give to be seen as educated in this topic.
 
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