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Suspicion of foot and mouth


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25 minutes ago, ditchman said:

is it the right time of year for that.........thought it was more autumal............?

Last major outbreak (2001) started mid February (just after the main shooting seasons had finished) and we (I was running quite a large shoot them) had a lot of sleepless nights over the spring/summer months (do we order birds/don't we etc.) - as shooting and access to farmland in general was banned here - and our area was cleared to go ahead with shooting in the summer - before the season here.  Last case reported was 30th September.  Main widespread outbreaks were around March and April I think, dropping off in May and low thereafter.

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1 hour ago, ditchman said:

i remember when it finished off the cattle industry in the 1960's....thats when all farmer had a few store cattle..........all they could do was dig holes and turn them into lime pits

truly awful

Yes, remember that. My father was buying beef for a major meat producer at the time and it caused mayhem

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