Bali disease outbreak threatens rural devastation in Australia - Sydney Morning Herald

Foot and mouth disease has made its way alarmingly close to Australia, prompting biosecurity screening to stop the disease from wreaking havoc on our livestock industry.

Australias industry is much bigger than the UK, with the beef industry worth $20 billion a year and sheep $7 million. You can still talk to farmers today in the UK, all these years later, who tell y… [+2823 chars]

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