title: Spread of foot-and-mouth disease from the burning of animal carcases on open pyres.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Met Office, Bracknell, Berkshire.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gloster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hewson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mackay
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Garland
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: 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