title: Early dissemination of foot-and-mouth disease virus through sheep marketing in February 2001.
abstract: The results of epidemiological investigations suggest that livestock on up to 79 premises, spread widely throughout the British Isles, may have been exposed to infection by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus by the movement of infected sheep before the first case of the disease was confirmed at an abattoir in Essex on February 20, 2001. A further 36 premises may have been infected by this route before the national livestock movement ban was imposed on February 23.
authors.affiliation: State Veterinary Service, DEFRA, Animal Health Divisional Office, Hadrian House, Wavell Drive, Rosehill Industrial Estate, Carlisle CA1 2TB.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mansley
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Whiteside
authors.forename: R G H
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000662:veterinary*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D040541:Marketing; D011996:Records / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D014195:Travel