date:Jun 28, 2012
underestimated, Europe must remain vigilant,she said.
David Leaver, professor emeritus at the Royal Agricultural College, warned of the potential economic impact of future animal disease outbreaks, which he said presented asignificant potential cost to Europe from losses in farm productivity to market disruptions and international trade.
He gave the examples of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, which cost the UK an estimated total of 30bn and the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbr