DISEASE THREAT COVER-UP CLAIM; British patrols `spreading brucellosis along border'.(News)

From: Sunday Mirror (London, England) | Date: February 25, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: CHRIS ANDERSON

BORDER farmers have accused the North's Agriculture Minister Brid Rodgers of "panicking'' over the foot-and-mouth scare.

They claim she is ignoring a top report which highlights the danger to humans of the highly contagious brucellosis disease.

The farmers say brucellosis has had a devastating effect on the agriculture industry in south Armagh, with many farmers facing financial ruin after the compulsory destruction of animal...

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