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Article: FAO says FMD remains threat.(News)(foot and mouth disease)(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
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- Feedstuffs
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- September 19, 2005
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THE European Commission will step up its fight against foot and mouth disease (FMD) by providing 4.5 million [euro] to the Food & Agriculture Organization's (FAO) European Commission for the Control of FMD (EUFMD).
An agreement between the commission and FAO was signed Sept. 1.
The objective of the European Commission project is to prevent the entry of the FMD virus from infected areas outside of Europe, with a focus on neighboring countries such as Iran, Iraq, Turkey and the Caucasus region.
The latest FMD outbreak in the U.K. occurred in 2001 and caused 13 billion [euro] of damage. FMD is currently present in 60 countries around the world, ...