Foot and mouth disease in the UK has lasted for six months

Introduction: British farmers said on Monday that the resumption of livestock trade in northern Scotland had little comfort for the suffering caused by foot-and-mouth disease From the first outbreak of FMD on June 20 to August 20, FMD has lasted for half a year As new outbreaks continue, tests are still being carried out in some areas, restrictions on livestock transport remain, and most farmers are not able to participate in livestock transactions "The past six months have been almost any hell imaginable They didn't kill my livestock, but they killed my heart and my work," a farmer who took part in a London demonstration protesting against the government's ineffective control of FMD told reporters At the general election on June 7, officials said FMD was over, but with new cases in northern England and Wales, experts predict it could last for months "We've had so many false dawns that it's not clear if we're out of the forest," a spokeswoman for the National Union of farmers said Although the outbreak rate of FMD has decreased, the average outbreak rate in the week ending August 12 was 3 cases, while that in the high tide was 40 cases Scientists warned that if the outbreak did not end before the weather turned cold, it might become rampant again.