title: Follow the leader.
abstract: NORTH AND WEST Devon has been severely affected by foot and mouth disease. It has hit everyone, not just the farmers. Everything in a rural area is allied to agriculture, from businesses to social circles. At one point we had 178,000 dead animals lying in farmyards and fields, many of which had been there for several weeks, waiting to be disposed of.
authors.affiliation: NHS Direct West Country.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pratt