Keeping disease out of the farm (III)

I touched on this subject in part II, earlier this year, but I felt that it was so important that a complete column was needed about disease transmission by vehicles. I started writing about this aspect of disease transmission, having been closely involved in the ‘clear-up’ procedures during the disastrous Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) virus outbreak in Britain 15 or more years ago. What disturbed me then and later was the casual way virtually all delivery vehicles were sanitised. All this d