Foot and mouth disease (aphthae epizooticae) is an infectious disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals. Since 1967, Britain had been free of the disease, until an outbreak was detected on 19 February 2001 in pigs from Buckinghamshire and the Isle of Wight. The epidemic lasted until October, in which time over six million cows and sheep were killed, costing the U.K. an estimated £8 billion.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Foot-and-mouth epidemic
The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photo...
The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our...
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.
Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who was one of the c.100,000 people killed by the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. She was two years of age at the time and was severely irradiated. She survived f...
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Staff Serjeant Charles Roberts was born on 25...
