Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most devastating diseases of livestock due to its impact on the economy. The causative pathogen is an RNA virus, of which seven serotypes can be distinguished. Due to
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease of cloven-hoofed animals. The disease affects many areas of the world, often causing extensive epizootics in livestock, mostly farmed cattle and swine, although sheep, goats and many wild species are also susceptible. In countries where...
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly relevant infectious disease of cloven-hoofed animals, has caused devastating economic losses of global livestock industry1. In FMD-endemic areas, the substantial financial burden incurred annually is attributed to the costs of FMD vaccination and the resulting ...
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a transboundary highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals caused by the FMD virus (FMDV), which belongs to the genusAphthovirusin the familyPicornaviridae. The virus exists as seven distinct serotypes [O, A, C, Asia1, and Southern African Terri...
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral infection that affects cloven-hoofed animals, leading to significant economic consequences in livestock industries. This abbreviation is commonly used in veterinary science, agriculture, and public health discussions to refer to outbreaks and cont...
Foot and mouth It has been a difficult year for the British Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). The foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus has been but the latest infectious agent to wreak havoc with Britain's livestock industry (BSE was pushed out of the headlines as this ...
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease that affects all cloven-hoofed animals and is widespread throughout the world. The FMD virus is a member of the genus Apthovirus in the family Picornaviridae. There are seven serotypes of FMD virus: O,...
Track A documentary report on the 1952 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Saskatchewan. It details the effects of the disease on livestock and explains how the epidemic was brought under control. Director Larry Gosnell Producer Larry Gosnell ...
Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly communicable disease caused by infection with thefoot-and-mouth disease virus(FMDV) (Elnekave et al., 2015;Keeling et al., 2003).Livestockhosts include cattle, sheep, goats, andpigs. A rapid, label-free method of detection ofFMDVhas been developed u...
Perhaps more significant is the effect the presence of the disease (more precisely, the infection) has on international trade in livestock and livestock products. Therefore, the indirect effects of the infection often far outweigh the direct effects that it has on animals themselves, be they wild...