Beef export volumes rose by 86% last year, thanks partly to efforts to stamp out foot-and-mouth disease.

ECONOMIST: Brazil

The planned cull is part of a joint effort by the Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland governments to try to stamp out foot-and-mouth disease.

BBC: Farm in Thisk in Northern Ireland

With the Conservative Party as deeply divided as ever on Europe, its new young leader can stamp his little foot as much as he likes and still not end the debate.

ECONOMIST: Roll up that map of Europe

Thierry Chillaud, of the OIE in Paris, says the high frequency of animal transport and exchanges among many countries makes foot-and-mouth resistant to many efforts to stamp it out.

CNN: Foot-and-mouth virus: A global dilemma