Interconnections of foot and mouth

Sad to see the return of foot and mouth at a time livestock farmers are already struggling, for instance with the aftermath of the floods and high cost of feed. As with last time it's also a reminder of how much movement of livestock and meat exports we rely on across Europe. Today's special report from the Guardian shows just some of the interconnections of today's livestock farming with other events, livelihoods, biosecurity... It sounds to me like efforts are being made to act on what we learnt last time round but any intervention is likely to have its unintended consequences. I hope it's over quickly and that we continue to learn from this sort of experience, not just in terms of retaining the status quo but in making changes for the better. Looking through the BBC's news in pictures...which to me often get through more than words...I came across this amazing picture from a foot and mouth outbreak in 1933. I guess farming's changed out of all recognition since those times but a lot must have been learnt also about how to deal with outbreaks... do we build on that or is society changing so fast with globalisation, technological development and new value systems that it's difficult to do so?