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ReferenceRe: Most world markets remain shut to British breeders

Nigel Cannings 07 October 2003 13:33

Originally from: coleen
                        
Jane – they are not going to tell us what their real plans are – that is, if they have any.
Of course if we ask them 'will you vaccinate to slaughter', they will say no. They are hardly going to put it in writing, are they? No farmer would entertain it would they?

Perhaps we should look at what changes were made from the previous outbreak in 1967 and how many of the lessons there were implemented? Does that give any of us reassurance that anything would be different when it happens again.

The majority have forgotten, and next time round nothing will close down so there will be NO loss of income to the tourist industry. It was this issue that kept fmd in the media , far longer then the slaughtering did. Andrew is correct when he wrote along the lines, that most farmers did take the money. They will do again I dare say, and those that opposed it first time round will do again – but with NO law to back them up (not that there was much in evidence last time)! Some farmers have seen that you can rise again – after loosing your stock. I think they will see this as more acceptable then having vaccinated cattle, that they probably will not be able to do anything with. After all who knows where we will be in the vaccination stakes when the next outbreak stakes. We may not have moved on, in terms of better vaccines. Although I still say use what we have now – for everyone.

Unless we implement a complete vaccination policy right across the board before the next outbreak then I can not see anything different (except vaccination be used as a fire break – but to slaughter afterwards).

Coleen

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