Description
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a severe, highly contagious viral disease of livestock with significant economic impact. The disease affects cattle and swine as well as sheep, goats, and other cloven-hoofed ruminants. Intensively reared animals are more susceptible to the disease than traditional breeds. The disease is rarely fatal in adult animals but there is often high mortality in young animals due to myocarditis or by lack of milk when the dam is infected by the disease.
PREVENTION AND CONTROL
*Humane destruction of all infected,
recovered and FMD-susceptible contact animals.
*Appropriate disposal of carcasses and all animal products.
*Surveillance and tracing of potentially infected or exposed livestock.
*Strict quarantine and controls on movement of livestock, equipment, vehicles, Thorough disinfection of premises and all infected materials.
FMD is characterized by fever and blister-like sores on the tongue and lips, in the mouth, on the teats and between the hooves. The disease causes severe production losses and while the majority of affected animals recover, the disease often leaves them weakened and debilitated.
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