In december 2001 the history of twentieth century medicine group chose a veterinary disease for the subject of a witness seminar the first time in its nine years existence although the title specified the 1967 68 outbreak it so happened that at that time britain was still in the grip of its worst outbreak of foot and mouth disease fmd since 1967. Foot and mouth disease the 1967 outbreak and its aftermath wellcome witnesses to twentieth century medicine s lois a reynolds e m tansey isbn 9780854840960 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Please cite as reynolds l a tansey e m eds 2003 foot and mouth disease the 1967 outbreak and its its aftermath wellcome witnesses to t wentieth century medici ne vol 18 . In 1967 68 britain experienced the worst foot and mouth disease fmd epidemic of the twentieth century attributed to pig swill containing infected argentine lamb 2228 outbreaks were recorded during a nine month period resulting in the slaughter of nearly 450000 animals statistics only surpassed by the 2001 fmd epidemic lord soulsby led the discussion among veterinarians virologists academics and farmers the edited annotated and illustrated transcript considers maffs state