Three British islanders suffer from "pig phobia"

OA show ('918 '); [three British islanders suffer from "pig phobia"] the British Veterinary Association recently found 28 pigs infected with foot-and-mouth disease during a routine inspection at a slaughterhouse in Essex County, southeast England Authorities immediately isolated farms and slaughterhouses in the vicinity, killing 300 pigs and more than 20 cattle After a large-scale nationwide inspection, foot-and-mouth disease has been found in six farms Experts suspect that foot-and-mouth disease is spreading from a pig farm in Northumberland, north-east England Foot-and-mouth disease is a kind of infectious disease that can be transmitted by air in the hoofed animal Its symptoms are limping, mouth foaming, temperature rising, oral cavity and other parts of the mouth and sore spots Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) can invade human body through touching the injured skin and oral mucosa The common symptom is that human body will appear macular disease, but it has little harm to human health In view of the fact that foot-and-mouth disease is easily transmitted among cloven hoofed animals such as pigs, cattle and sheep, the British government has taken effective emergency measures Nick brown, the UK's minister of agriculture, fisheries and food, announced Wednesday that he would prohibit all livestock from leaving the farm, close livestock markets in England and Wales, and slaughter and destroy livestock suspected of having foot-and-mouth disease on a large scale to prevent the spread of the disease across the country The government will compensate the farmers according to the market price of the livestock In addition, people were warned to avoid playing and hunting in the countryside, major national parks and nature reserves were closed to the public, and the Ministry of defense stopped general field military training Worried about a shortage of meat products, customers rushed to the supermarket to buy meat products After foot-and-mouth disease in the UK, the European Commission decided to temporarily ban the UK's exports of meat and dairy products Many countries, such as the United States, Ireland, the Netherlands, Russia, Singapore and South Korea, have also announced to stop importing meat products from the United Kingdom This foot-and-mouth disease has once again hit the British animal husbandry, which is trying to recover from "mad cow disease" and swine fever, and has completely shaken public confidence in meat food Over the past decade or so, British farmers have been in for a "double whammy" First of all, the "mad cow disease" event led to the slaughter of more than 3.2 million mad cattle and "suspected mad cattle" in Britain The EU's three-year ban on British beef has not only cost the UK more than 4 billion pounds ($1.44) in exports, but also deprived the UK of most of its beef markets in Europe and the rest of the world, forcing thousands of beef farmers to choose another industry In August last year, the largest swine fever outbreak in 14 years broke out in some British farms, 12000 pigs were slaughtered, and the European Union suspended the import of pork from Britain The swine fever caused great damage to the British pig industry, which has not yet fully recovered Experts predict that UK farmers will suffer at least £ 51 million in economic losses in the coming week, and the potential losses are incalculable In 1967, a large-scale foot-and-mouth disease broke out in Britain At that time, 440000 livestock were killed and destroyed, with a direct economic loss of 150 million pounds At present, the British livestock industry has fallen into a "frozen period", and worried farmers feel the future is bleak Some experts pointed out that if foot-and-mouth disease is not stopped in time and effectively, the British pig industry may be completely destroyed RHS (author:)