Foot and mouth

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  Pirbright in the spotlight

  Interactive guide: Trace the Surrey foot and mouth outbreak in the summer of 2007 and the measures it invoked, plus background to the 2001 outbreak

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  Badger culls don't stop tuberculosis in cattle – the evidence is clear

  11 Aug 2011: Julia Kaminski: The government is ignoring scientists' advice on bovine TB – killing badgers is not the solution

• Alastair Campbell diaries: Secret war between Tony Blair and Prince Charles

  1 Jul 2011: Exclusive extracts: In his new volumes of diaries, Campbell reveals their tensions over GM food, hunting and foot and mouth

• Foot and mouth disease detectable before it turns infectious, scientists say

  5 May 2011:

  Research suggests pre-emptive mass culling of cattle may not be necessary

• Do you care if Sir Alex Ferguson talks to the press?

  Poll, 8 Mar 2011:

  Sir Alex Ferguson is in trouble over his self-imposed media 'blackout'. But would it really matter, and would you really miss it, if he never spoke to the media again?

• Hundreds offer prayers in South Korea for foot-and-mouth victims

  19 Jan 2011: Monks and believers gather at temple in Seoul to commemorate 2 million cows, pigs and other livestock

• History without bunk

  20 Sep 2009: Alastair Reid: Consultants and thinktankers are used as experts of choice by policymakers. But only historians know the truth of past mistakes

• Country diary

  18 Sep 2009: Veronica Heath: Northumberland

• U-turn over 'foot and mouth' lab

  22 Feb 2009:

  Redevelopment of the laboratory at the centre of the last outbreak vetoed - raising fears over risks to animals

• Farmers sue for damages in Pirbright foot-and-mouth outbreak

  17 Oct 2008:

  Government and two laboratories face claim for £1.5m over alleged negligence in last year's outbreak

• Porton Down's deadly anthrax labs too old for safety, say MPs

  25 Jun 2008:

  Biosecurity 'undermined by poor maintenance', says report that highlights risk of more Pirbright-type leaks

• New animal disease institute proposed

  12 Mar 2008:

  Scientific institute should be set up to tackle threat from exotic animal diseases, review suggests

• Foot and mouth laboratory branded 'visibly substandard'

  11 Mar 2008:

  An independent inquiry into last summer's foot and mouth outbreak today condemned conditions at the animal health laboratory at Pirbright, Surrey

• Rudolph regrets, but he can't be with Santa

  23 Dec 2007: Outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and bluetongue virus have taken their toll on Britain's reindeer business. Protective zones set up to limit the risk of infection mean the animals have been unable to travel to many areas

• What happened to ... Bluetongue

  16 Dec 2007: Since August 2006, the virus has spread from South Africa and across the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and northern France

• Foot and mouth outbreak scientists blame Defra

  14 Dec 2007: Second scare was a result of not mopping up the first properly, says leaked report from Institute for Animal Health

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