Burning the dead carcasses can't be right, can it? You bung a dead sheep on a pyre it will heat up and probably explode, releasing the still cool liquids inside which rise to great heights as vapour, depositing what could well be still alive virus miles downwind.

The disease has spread much more severely than in '67 when the beasts were quickly put in lime pits and covered up. The spread can't be only due to the modern way in which animals are shipped around the country - the centres of disease are only in a few places instead of all over, and many places are still disease free.

If your flocks are within 20-30 miles of stricken beasts, they seem to stand a good chance of getting it, and they shouldn't with all the disinfectant precautions and movement stoppages. I think it must be the fires!

What do you think?

Ray