Foot-and-mouth disease on the Cooley Peninsula: 'It was like a bereavement' 03 March 2021 Free
Foot-and-mouth disease on the Cooley Peninsula: cull at the McGreehan family farm. It is 20 years since the country collectively held its breath and watched helplessly as across the Irish Sea thousands upon thousands of cattle and sheep were slaughtered to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). As newsreels from the UK showed huge pyres of farm animals being incinerated, with dark ominous clouds belching black smoke in the air, the Irish farming community got to work setting up mats and disinfection points at all farm entrances. Minister for Agriculture Joe Walsh announces the f...
Source: farmersjournal.ie