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'Haunting' memories of the disease on our doorstep
FromABC News Daily
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
You would have heard by now Australia has stepped up its border security because of an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in Indonesia.
So what would happen if the disease arrived here?
Today we speak to a farmer who lived through a devastating outbreak in England in the early 2000s and the life-changing experiences of an Australian vet who went to help.
Featured:
Robert Craig, dairy farmer, Cumbria UK
Bill Sykes, cattle farmer and veterinarian
So what would happen if the disease arrived here?
Today we speak to a farmer who lived through a devastating outbreak in England in the early 2000s and the life-changing experiences of an Australian vet who went to help.
Featured:
Robert Craig, dairy farmer, Cumbria UK
Bill Sykes, cattle farmer and veterinarian
Released:
Aug 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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