The prevalence of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Asia has been reviewed and the need for a coordinated control program at the regional and sub-regional is evident. The feasibility and willingness of governments and agencies provided financial support for the control program as well as the livestock producers cooperating with the program are essential in ensuring a successful FMD control progra...

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is the major disease barrier to international trade in animals and animal products. Countries free of the disease take severe measures to exclude the virus, to avoid the potentially devastating consequences of an outbreak, particularly for the animal export trade. Consequently, FMD-free countries either refuse to trade with sporadically or endemically infected count...

As Swine veterinarians and members of the agricultural sector we all have a vital stake in the future of animal health especially in the production animal segment. Underlying this philosophy is need for “better solutions” to some of the problems affecting livestock generally and swine industry specifically. In this context, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been an enduring disease control prior...

foot-and-mouth disease (fmd) is a major cause of endemic outbreaks in livestock in iran. in this study, clinical field samples of foot-and-mouth disease virus were collected from an outbreak in khorasan razavi province during april and august of 2010, and subjected to indirect sandwich elisa and rt-pcr. the viral serotype circulating during the period was confirmed to be type o. the virus was t...

Left: mouth against the mouth template. Right: nonmouth against the same template. Least squares regression (red) and arithmetic mean (blue).. .. .. .. 22 2.7 Left: mouth against the mouth template. Right: nonmouth against the same template. Weighted regression (red) and weighted mean (blue) with radial weights. 22 2.8 Left: the mouth of the person from Figure 1.1. Right: residuals of the linea...