Foot and mouth outbreak on Isle of Wight

Title

Foot and mouth outbreak on Isle of Wight

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Mar 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Report on the outbreak of foot and mouth disease on the Isle of Wight after spreading from Brittany, with animals at 3 farms destroyed, with comparison to 1967-68 outbreak. Ministry of Agriculture chief vet Howard Rees comments. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Howard Rees

Keywords

Pigs; Livestock; France; Farms; Brittany; Contagious diseases (animal); Cattle; Yarmouth; Ministry of Agriculture; Diseases of farm animals; Diseases of cattle; Foot and mouth disease; Isle of White

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