Category: foot and mouth
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Argentina
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=188159">U.S. Cattlemen To Congress: Fix <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>’s Argentina Mess</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Cattleman's Association">USCA</acronym> (Jan. 7, 2008) – Exactly one year ago this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by…
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Argentine Beef
<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6xzlH1hMRduz7Tf9n6W14_lkqRAD8TTHUO00">Argentine Farmers Give Up Beef Business</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Argentines are passionate about their beef — from cattle grazed on the sprawling pampas grasslands, it's a national staple, delivered inexpensively and received with religious fervor at Sunday barbecues nationwide.<br />n<br />nBut while Argentines are some of the world's top meat-eaters, consuming nearly 154 pounds per capita…
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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…
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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…