Risks of FMD Highlighted

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Would Devastate Industry Due to Lack of Vaccine Supplies

Chris Clayton
By  Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could devastate the U.S. livestock industry because the U.S. does not have adequate FMD vaccine supplies and could not cull animals quickly enough to stop the disease from spreading. (DTN file photo)
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could devastate the U.S. livestock industry because the U.S. does not have adequate FMD vaccine supplies and could not cull animals quickly enough to stop the disease from spreading. (DTN file photo)
Given the flow of animals in the U.S., foot-and-mouth disease could spread quickly across the country before the industry and government could respond. Groups such as the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and National Pork Producers Council urged Congress...

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Chris Clayton

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