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Article: Tackling brucellosis; Minister explains strategy for beating disease in NI.(News)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- March 16, 2002
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Byline: RICHARD MULLIGAN
WITH heightened coverage in the media about the brucellosis problem in Northern Ireland and the parallels drawn between it and Foot-and-Mouth Disease, the Minister for Agriculture, Brid Rodgers, has disclosed what she and her Department are doing about the problem and, equally importantly, what farmers need to do about it.
Mrs Rodgers said: "Foot-and-Mouth Disease is the most highly contagious disease known in farm livestock and as such required urgent action to prevent its potential spread through the entire cattle, sheep and pig ...