A Manufactured Plague: The History of Foot-and-mouth Disease in Britain

by Abigail Woods (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $63.46

  Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is regarded as one of the world's worst animal plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat to human health? This book shows that FMD has brought fear, tragedy and sorrow - damaging businesses and affecting international relations.