Originally from: chris stockdale
                        
Bill,
your posting of several days ago read as follows:-

"The Institute For Animal Health at Pirbright, The Royal College Of Veterinary Surgeons and MAFF/DEFRA were guilty of gross incompetence for relying on tests that will not work until the animal has been infected for at least 5 days. Cattle in Dumfries and Galloway that showed clinical signs of FMD in November 2000 had tested negative and on the advice of Ministry vets were sent to Cheale Meats for slaughter. That's the probable route the disease took to Bobby Waugh's.

The above allegations have been put to Lord Whitty and Elliot Morley on a number of occasions and they have not uttered a word of denial. (There will of course be a record of the negative tests and the subsequent movement to slaughter of those cattle).

Within the last few weeks a retired Ministry vet has told me the epidemic could have originated from live vaccine tests. He has also told me that although vaccinated cattle were supposed to be incinerated it was common practice to sell them to the meat trade.

This is the modern Britain we live in".
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 Bill,

What response to your posting have you received? Inundation or silence.

 Chris.