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Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on request from the European Commission related to: Assessing the risk of Foot and Mouth Disease introduction into the EU from developing countries: Question No EFSA-Q-2004-113

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    Sammanfattning

    Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) is a viral disease in animals that creates severe epidemics that reduce productivity and can profoundly affect the livelihoods of those rural communities that depend almost entirely on livestock agriculture. The potential impact to Europe was clearly illustrated by outbreaks that occurred in the UK in 2001, and subsequently in other member states in north-western Europe, resulting in the loss of millions of animals at a direct cost of more than 12 billion Euro
    OriginalspråkEngelska
    Förlagwww.efsa
    Antal sidor34
    StatusPublicerad - 2006

    Publikationsserier

    SerieThe EFSA Journal. Risk Assessment on Foot and Mouth Disease
    ISSN9998-0655

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