Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 Daily Outbreak Maps for Great Britain

Daily maps from the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Great Britain show the number of confirmed cases and suspected premises. The collection covers the week commencing October 22, 2001, and was produced by the UK government's Animal and Plant Health Agency. These visualizations provide a day-by-day overview of the epidemic's spread within defined infected areas.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the spatial progression of a major animal disease outbreak based on the daily map series.
• Analyzing the correlation between confirmed cases and suspected premises within infected areas as shown on the maps.
• Creating timelines or animations of disease spread for educational or historical analysis based on the weekly sequence.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, significant historical epidemic (2001 UK Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak).
• Provides a spatial visualization of outbreak data through daily maps.
• Includes data on two key epidemiological metrics: confirmed cases and suspected premises.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific week and region covered.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official veterinary surveillance and reporting systems.

Time Range

Week commencing October 22, 2001.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Great Britain (GB)