Disease >Foot-and-mouth disease control measures could be reduced

Good article from Homeland Security Newswire. 

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A new study of foot-and-mouth disease shows that cattle afflicted with the virus are only infectious for a brief window of time -- about half as long as previously thought; this finding suggests that the controversial control measures used to halt the disease's spread, such as killing large numbers of livestock, could be reduced  Read more...