Event    From 19/2/2001  To /10/2001

Foot-and-mouth epidemic

Categories: Tragedy

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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Foot-and-mouth epidemic

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Foot-and-mouth epidemic - new memorial

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Foot-and-mouth epidemic - original memorial

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