Spread of foot-and-mouth disease from the burning of animal carcases on open pyres.
Preliminary results indicate that no evidence has been found to support the spread of FMD virus from the burning of animal carcases on open pyres. This finding is subject to a number of assumptions, and is based on a limited number of case studies.
Gloster
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J
Met Office, Bracknell, Berkshire.
Hewson
H
H
Mackay
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D
Garland
T
T
Donaldson
A
A
Mason
I
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Brown
R
R
D000391:Air Microbiology; D000818:Animals; D005537:Aphthovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002417:Cattle; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000635:transmission*; D017745:Incineration; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine