Bill Sykes still recalls the widespread slaughter of livestock in the UK during the 2001 foot and mouth disease outbreak. He never wants to see such carnage again.
Bill Sykes knows the emotional toll of being on the front line of a foot and mouth disease outbreak. He can still remember how the slaughterers would let the bobby calves suck on their fingers like a teat, tenderly winning the animals’ trust before humanely killing them.
His voice cracks with emotion as he recalls cradling small lambs, so they could be injected with a lethal substance in their chest. He said it was crucial that Agriculture Victoria officers worked closely with local communities, including regularly communicating with cafes to ensure they were not providing food scraps containing meat to pig farmers.It is illegal to feed pigs food scraps with animal products, a process known as swill feeding, which is believed to be the source of the 2001 UK outbreak.
Germano said the virus was being transmitted quickly in Indonesia because the animals were considered “naive”, which means they had not been exposed to the virus through transmission or vaccines.Loading
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