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245 4 _aThe 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease
260 _c2002
490 _aNational Audit Office Press Notice
_v 21 June 2002, (5)
520 _aA National Audit Office report on the handling of the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak shows that the outbreak cost the public sector over £3 billion and the private sector more than £5 billion. According to head of the NAO, Sir John Bourn, lessons to be learned from the outbreak include the need for more thorough contingency planning, more sensitive response to outbreaks of different scales, which would allow better preparedness for a future outbreak. http://www.nao.gov.uk/pn/01-02/0102939.htm
590 _aWB
650 _aFOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
650 _aAGRICULTURAL CRISIS
650 _aANIMAL WELFARE
650 _aAGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
650 _aCOSTS
650 _aCULLING POLICY
690 _aRural
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