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Science 1 February 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5556, p. 779
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5556.779b
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It's official: The foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic that ravaged British farms in 2001 is over. Last week, the International Epizootic Office in Paris declared the U.K. free of the dreaded virus, clearing the way for resumed meat exports. The total number of animals slaughtered to subdue the virus, according to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs: 6,131,440.

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