Foot and Mouth Disease 2001: Daily Outbreak Maps for Great Britain, Week of 23 April

Great Britain's daily outbreak maps for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) during the 2001 epidemic, specifically for the week commencing 23 April 2001. The maps, provided by the UK Government's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), show the number of confirmed FMD cases and suspected premises within each infected area. The data is presented as JPEG images with Crown Copyright attribution.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the spatial spread of a major animal disease outbreak based on the daily maps.
• Analyzing the progression of confirmed versus suspected cases within infected areas as shown on the maps.
• Creating timelines for historical epidemiological studies based on the week-specific daily overviews.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, significant week during a major national animal disease epidemic.
• Provides a visual, geospatial representation of outbreak data for Great Britain.
• Has a clear authoritative source (APHA) and copyright attribution.

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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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 23 April 2001.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Great Britain (GB).