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<p>Defra engages closely with farmers and animal keepers to help prevent exotic disease
outbreaks and if they do arise we work closely with them and their industry bodies
to tackle the outbreaks quickly and effectively. Defra’s longstanding practice is
that: farmers receive compensation for any healthy animals culled to control the spread
of exotic animal diseases such as foot and mouth disease or swine fever; farmers do
not receive any compensation for animals that die before they are culled or are not
culled as part of official controls; farmers are not compensated for consequential
losses (e.g. the income that the animal would have generated in the future, for example
through laying eggs or producing offspring).</p>
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