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 within each infected area. The data is presented as JPEG image files and was published by the UK Government Digital Service with Crown Copyright held by APHA. This collection provides a visual week-by-week overview of the epidemic's progression.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the spatial progression of an animal disease outbreak based on daily maps.
• Analyzing the correlation between confirmed cases and suspected premises within infected areas.
• Studying historical agricultural biosecurity events in the United Kingdom.

Strengths

• Provides a daily visual timeline of a major historical animal disease outbreak.
• Covers the national scale of Great Britain for the specified week.

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

Government Digital Service, UK

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official veterinary and surveillance reports.

Time Range

Week commencing 29 October 2001.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Great Britain