A study of the cross-border
dimension of the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak by
the Centre’s research manager, Dr Patricia Clarke,
with comments from the Departments of Agriculture in Belfast
and Dublin. Issued exactly a year after the
original outbreak in England, the report’s findings
were praised by the two Ministers, Brid Rodgers and Joe Walsh,
as “extremely valuable” in helping the Department
to formulate actions to deal with animal health emergencies.
Among the report’s conclusions were:
- The most successful way
to avoid such emergencies in future is to utilise ”the
natural water barrier around the island by moving towards
an all-Ireland animal health system”.
- The convening of an all-island
Expert Advisory Group, modelled on the successful group
set up in the Republic, should be considered in any future
emergency situation.
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