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Managing foot-and-mouth

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  1. Alex Donaldson: Alex Donaldson is at the Institute for Animal Health, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 ONF, UK, which incorporates the OIE/FAO World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease. The authors have been advising the government on the management of foot-and-mouth disease.

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  1. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, EH25 9RG, Midlothian, UK

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Woolhouse, M., Donaldson, A. Managing foot-and-mouth. Nature 410, 515–516 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35069250

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