Veterinary work in the Netherlands, 1953 : lectures, delivered to the participants of the Intra-European T. A. training course on livestock disease control, May 18-June 12, 1953.
- Netherlands. Veeartsenijkundig Staatstoezicht.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Veterinary work in the Netherlands, 1953 : lectures, delivered to the participants of the Intra-European T. A. training course on livestock disease control, May 18-June 12, 1953. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![60 GRAPH 3. Number of fresh cases of foot- and-mouth disease per week AS ; from Ist June 1952. Slaughtering July 15th, 1952. Prohibition of the movement of cattle. Febr. Ist, 1953. 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 0 a a a a a a Toe : gti, Elimination of this former type by stamping-out might have been considered, but how could this have been realized from a technical point of view alone, when taking into account that already in the first week the number of newly infected farms was 50, in the second week 150, in the third 350 and in the fourth already over 1,000, etc.! Vaccination has been resorted to. The imminence of the danger caused an increase in the demand for vaccinations to such an extent that it was almost impossible to prepare sufficient quantities of vaccine to keep pace with those vaccinations. Graph no.2 shows the result of these large-scale vaccinations. After six weeks the peak had been attained, the extension had been checked and a rapid decrease set in. 4]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32178256_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
