Charts submitted by Professor David King,
Chief Scientific Adviser, Office of Science and Technology (Continued)
HOW SCIENCE
INFORMED POLICY
— At the start Government were dealing
with the disease as if it were the 1967 outbreak.
— British farming has changed dramatically
since then:
— more widely spread holdings;
— Quantitive epidemiology has been
able to provide a scientific basis for decision making during
the epidemic.
EXIT STRATEGY—SEROLOGY
— To get back FMD disease free status,
the UK will have to prove to the EU and the international community
that it has stamped out the virus.
— Will do this by planned sampling
of animals for presence of FMD antibodies.
— Increased serological capacity has
allowed use of testing to free up infected areas faster than originally
anticipated—could speed up process of regaining FMD status.
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