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Re: Nigel Marven - proud to have mud on his boots?

Yes our border controls don't seem to have the rigour, when it comes to diseases and food, that you get in NZ or Australia. When arriving at either of those countries you are left in no doubt about the seriousness with which they take biosecurity - even going as far as sniffer dogs for that purpose...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Julian Gairdner on Mon, Apr 7 2008
Nigel Marven - proud to have Brazilian mud on his boots?

I've just been watching a recording of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross featuring naturalist Nigel Marven . Great filmmaker he is but his boast in the studio to be wearing a pair of boots dirtied by Brazilian mud suggests more than a little wrecklessness when it comes to disease preventiion. I'd...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Julian Gairdner on Sun, Apr 6 2008
Re: Foot-and-mouth - latest developments including overnight news

Am I right in thinking movement rules means 6 days of no movement in or out after you have brought something onto the farm? We have been told different things round here, some people say movement rules begin when you take from the farm as well. Also, anyone know how long penicillin will continue to work...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by bopeep on Wed, Oct 17 2007
Re: Control zones

Not this Tuesday HP but you will be ale to come in on Friday and next Tuesday 23rd (assuming rules and regs in a new market licence don't spoil the show. You are right about panic but I bet phones don' stop ringing on Monday !! See you soon then . R V

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by ring voice on Fri, Oct 12 2007
Re: Foot-and-mouth - latest developments including overnight news

The Sunday Telegraph has picked up on news that the virus could have gone unnoticed for more than a week at Stroude Farm, near Egham. It says animals probably harboured the disease for up to three weeks because their lesions were 10 days old and had begun to heal. Johann

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Johann on Sun, Sep 16 2007
Re: Overnight news on foot-and-mouth

I was hoping this thread wouldn't be cluttered with non FMD "stuff"! Anyway, here's an update on Sunday morning (12 August)... Leading virologist Professor Oxford of Queen Mary's School of medicine is claiming the F & M outbreak is over. http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Julian Gairdner on Sun, Aug 12 2007
Dorking case clear

Good news the restricted zone around the farm in Dorking has been lifted. There were plenty of worried faces when we heard about that one at first. Although the farmer has always remained confident symptoms weren't that of foot and mouth. Let's hope further movement restrictions can be moved...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Chrissie Lawrence on Sat, Aug 11 2007
Re: Foot and mouth - Overnight news 7 August

Pirbright report is out. Here's the link to our story on FWi... http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2007/08/07/105779/hse-foot-and-mouth-report-says-pirbright-link-a-strong.html Pretty inconclusive report really.

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Julian Gairdner on Tue, Aug 7 2007

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