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Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [farmtalking] Waughtergate

FMD had been around for a long time, since April 2000 at least. I have

been

asked where the evidence is, well if a proper investigation is started I

will

gladly tell you.

I could believe that it is theoretically possible that FMD was present in sheep before it's discovery at heddon, but are you seriously suggesting that it could of remained at a sub clinical level for this ammount of time , millions of sheep would have passed through markets in the course of this time period, contact with other species would be enevitable, and one wouldn't need a blood test to identify FMD in pigs or cattle, the symptoms are severe. Can you adequately explain how the virus stayed within the sheep population?

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