You know this really has me wondering: right before Europe had an outbreak of FMD they had a drill just for foot n mouth disease.....
Senate OKs biolab money in defense bill
Published Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 04:58 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Senate has approved $32 million for a massive Kansas lab aimed at research on foot-and-mouth and other diseases. The money is in the Homeland Security Appropriations bill that the Senate approved on a vote of 79-19 Tuesday. The House has already approved the $44.1 billion compromise spending bill, which is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature. Kansas officials defeated a House plan to exclude money for the lab. But lab opponents have restricted spending of the money to non-construction work. They also have required more study on the safety of moving foot-and-mouth disease research to the U.S. mainland from an island off New York. The 520,000-square-foot lab would house the research facilities and animals such as cattle.
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now add to this:
KS--Animal Disease Drill
Published Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 05:43 AM
SITKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas and Oklahoma are preparing a joint exercise to test plans for responding to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in livestock. Officials said Thursday's planned exercise would be the first conducted jointly by two states. Plans called for stopping livestock trucks and certain other vehicles along U.S. 183 in the southwest Kansas town of Sitka, and along U.S. 83 in the Oklahoma Panhandle town of Turpin. Officers were to questioning the drivers briefly. The exercise is designed to simulate conditions if either state ordered a halt in livestock transports to keep foot-and-mouth disease from spreading. Officials said that with an actual outbreak, a state could order livestock haulers and others to turn back, or it could hold livestock for inspection.
Senate OKs biolab money in defense bill
Published Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 04:58 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Senate has approved $32 million for a massive Kansas lab aimed at research on foot-and-mouth and other diseases. The money is in the Homeland Security Appropriations bill that the Senate approved on a vote of 79-19 Tuesday. The House has already approved the $44.1 billion compromise spending bill, which is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature. Kansas officials defeated a House plan to exclude money for the lab. But lab opponents have restricted spending of the money to non-construction work. They also have required more study on the safety of moving foot-and-mouth disease research to the U.S. mainland from an island off New York. The 520,000-square-foot lab would house the research facilities and animals such as cattle.
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now add to this:
KS--Animal Disease Drill
Published Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 05:43 AM
SITKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas and Oklahoma are preparing a joint exercise to test plans for responding to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in livestock. Officials said Thursday's planned exercise would be the first conducted jointly by two states. Plans called for stopping livestock trucks and certain other vehicles along U.S. 183 in the southwest Kansas town of Sitka, and along U.S. 83 in the Oklahoma Panhandle town of Turpin. Officers were to questioning the drivers briefly. The exercise is designed to simulate conditions if either state ordered a halt in livestock transports to keep foot-and-mouth disease from spreading. Officials said that with an actual outbreak, a state could order livestock haulers and others to turn back, or it could hold livestock for inspection.