Economic costs of the foot and mouth disease outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2001

THOMPSON, D.K.; Muriel, Priscilla; Russell, David; Osborne, Paulina; M. Bromley, A.; Rowland, M.G.M.; CREIGH-TYTE, S.; C. Brown, Corrie

doi:10.20506/rst.21.3.1353

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Economic costs of the foot and mouth disease outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2001

Published in Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE • Dec 1, 2002

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D.K. THOMPSON

Priscilla Muriel

David Russell

Abstract

The authors present estimates of the economic costs to agriculture and industries affected by tourism of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2001. The losses to agriculture and the food chain amount to about Pound Sterling3.1 billion. The majority of the costs ...

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