Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: britain

  • Round Two

    <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=FBC46DE0-CE0B-FDF8-DA0FC21D2AC4EB1E">New FMD case confirmed in England</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>he British government has confirmed another case of foot and mouth disease in Surrey County. The new site is about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from the farms that were infected in July and August. The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has established a 10…

  • Need for vigilance although foot and mouth disease outbreak waning

    <br /><a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=60BA9C4C-C56D-06B3-3E5683074AD583F0">Brownfield Network: Need for vigilance although foot and mouth disease outbreak waning</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A leading microbiologist in Britain says the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak might be under control by the end of this week if there are no more cases confirmed, according to Dow Jones. Professor Hugh Pennington tells British newspapers that…

  • Wrong

    I've been following the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Britain with interest, does this surprise you, but something is a little wrong <a href="http://www.afrol.com/articles/26353">here</a> and <a href="http://english.sabah.com.tr/4AAD700B478D4C33B10AAFEEE0DF7D7F.html">here</a> with the reporting on this issue. Both of these stories are saying that it is <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> affecting the British herds, not foot and mouth…

  • More Information

    More information on Britain's foot and mouth disease problem. The outbreak was likely from a <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_FOOT_AND_MOUTH?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">government sponsored lab</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Hopes rose Sunday that a potentially disastrous foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain could be contained, as scientists grew increasingly suspicious that the disease came from a high-security laboratory near the infected farm.<br />n<br />nThe agriculture department…

  • Britan’s Outbreak

    <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_FOOT_AND_MOUTH?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" >Foot-and-mouth disease detected in UK</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Scientists worked Saturday to trace the source of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak on an English farm, a development that prompted the European Union to ban livestock imports from Britain, an official said.</blockquote><br />n<br />nIn 2001, foot and mouth disease devastated Britain's meat industries and I'm sure everyone…

  • Lost in Translation

    I found an <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5130714.stm?ls">interesting article</a> out of Britain that seems to have lost something in translation.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The emptiness (of Montana) is populated by bison, buffalo and horses that seem to roam wild and look upon their human guests with gentle curiosity. </blockquote><br />n<br />nFirst off, I though bison and buffalo were the same…