Talk:1967 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak

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Did you know... that during the 1967 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom, around 430,000 animals were slaughtered?

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I have made a few changes to enhance the quality of this page. I have added a background section. This highlights how the foot-and-mouth disease was prevalent in the years leading up to the outbreak in 1967. Also, I mentioned that the disease could be found across Europe. In the outbreak section, I added information to conclude the section describing how many outbreaks were detected and where the majority occurred. A reports section and aftermath section was added to show what happened after the outbreak. The article about the 2001 crisis in the United Kingdom has a similar reports section. Also, in the animal slaughter section, the last sentence was removed because it was redundant. The old section started with 430,000 animals were killed and then ended with about 500,000 animals were killed. These additions further explain the events leading up to and the outcome of the outbreak, which further explains the situation.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Surf88 (talk • contribs) 19:52, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link[edit]

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/fmd/2001/1967a.htm
- In 1967 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak on 2011-05-25 03:59:08, 404 Not Found
- In 1967 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak on 2011-06-06 13:42:12, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 13:42, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link 2[edit]

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

http://www.eden.lsu.edu/Issues_View.aspx?IssueID=5f3b1efb-d295-4d8e-9cab-8e3bba3c3824#UK_1967
- In 1967 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak on 2011-05-25 03:59:08, 404 Not Found
- In 1967 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak on 2011-06-06 13:42:40, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 13:42, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]