Disease Information

11 May 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 19

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM / GREAT BRITAIN
Follow-up report No. 10

See also: 4 May 2001, 27 April 2001, 20 April 2001, 13 April 2001, 6 April 2001, 30 March 2001, 23 March 2001, 16 March 2001, 2 March 2001, 23 February 2001

Summary of data received up to 4 May 2001 from Dr J.M. Scudamore, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London:

End of previous report period: 1 May 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [18], 108, dated 4 May 2001).

End of this report period: 3 May 2001.

Number of new outbreaks: 18.

Total number of outbreaks confirmed since the beginning of the epizootic: 1,543.

Total number of animals slaughtered and destroyed (or awaiting destruction) in the outbreaks confirmed since the beginning of the epizootic:

species	number
bov	423,000
ovi	1,893,000
cap	2,000
sui	112,000

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