[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Hoof and Mouth - attn Brits

[Neil Ward]

Dai said:

<<<Choice A: Let the animal ride out the desease and have less yeild
afterwards.
<snip>
Choice B: Kill and Burn the animal and have no yeild from it whatsoever.

There is no way in hell that it can be more economical to devastate an
industry rather than tend to a few ill cattle with cough mixture.>>>

I think the intention is stop the spread of the disease.  In choice A, you
risk the disease spreading further, as it is caused by a highly communicable
virus.  In choice B, you may protect the animals in unaffected areas from
getting it in the first place.

Neil
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