The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism. This epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease on farms across most of the Briti
Slaughtered animals being incinerated on a farm
Notice telling people to keep off the North York Moors in April 2001
A government notice on a quarantined Oxfordshire farm
A disinfectant bath used to disinfect the wheels of vehicles to try to stop spread.
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In epizoology, an epizootic is a disease event in a nonhuman animal population analogous to an epidemic in humans. An epizootic disease may occur in a specific locale, more generally, or become widesp
2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak
…The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism. This epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease on farms across most of the British countryside. Over 6 million cows and sheep were slaughtered on farms in an eventually…
Rinderpest outbreak in South Africa, 1896