Vaccination call in farm plague probe

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Scottish News direct from Scotland		Tuesday, 23rd July 2002

Mon 15 Jul 2002

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Vaccination call in farm plague probe

AN independent inquiry into foot-and-mouth disease today recommended emergency vaccination of animals if there is another outbreak.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh investigation also called for tighter import controls and the creation of a Scottish testing laboratory.

And it urged closer Scottish involvement in decision-making, along with a new post of chief veterinary officer for Scotland, backed by a "territorial veterinary army", which would be available to be called on when needed.

The report, designed to consider lessons to be learned from last year’s outbreak, concluded preventive mass vaccination of animals against the disease was "not an immediate priority", but it did recommend the use of vaccination to isolate herds that have been infected, removing the need for thousands of healthy animals to be slaughtered to halt the spread of the disease.

The report said foot-and-mouth only breaks out in the UK because it is brought in from other countries. And it outlined tougher import controls, which it said would need European Union support to be effective.

It said the Pirbright animal health laboratory in Surrey was overloaded at the time of the outbreak and the absence of a testing laboratory in Scotland meant delays in obtaining test results.

A Scottish laboratory would allow more rapid implementation of a control programme.

The report also said there should be swifter action to stop animal movements.

The RSE investigation by a committee of 18 experts, chaired by Professor Ian Cunningham, former principal of the West of Scotland Agricultural College, is just one of several inquiries taking place in the wake of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

Another, by the Royal Society, chaired by Professor Sir Brian Follett, is due to report tomorrow. Suggestions are the report will say healthy animals close to an outbreak should be vaccinated to prevent the disease spreading.

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