Article: Texas, U.S. have faced Foot-and-Mouth Disease threat before.

M2 PRESSWIRE-11 April 2001-Texas A&M University: Texas, U.S. have faced Foot-and-Mouth Disease threat before (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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COLLEGE STATION -- The United States has faced the foot-and-mouth disease threat before, and eradicated it from its soil.

Nine outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease occurred from 1870 to 1929. In all but two outbreaks, relatively small numbers of animals were involved, and foot-and mouth disease was eradicated and quarantines were lifted within a few months, said a veterinarian with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and the College of Veterinary Medicine department of large ...

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