Article: Defra announces progress on developing emergency vaccination as an additional control strategy for foot and mouth disease and opens consultation on a revision of the contingency plan.

M2 PRESSWIRE-1 December 2003-UK Government: Defra announces progress on developing emergency vaccination as an additional control strategy for foot and mouth disease and opens consultation on a revision of the contingency plan(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Animal Health Minister, Ben Bradshaw, wrote to the Royal Society last week, detailing the progress made on their recommendation that emergency vaccination should be developed so it could be available for use as a prime control strategy in addition to culling of infected animals and dangerous contacts in a future outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease.

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