Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Situation worldwide and major epidemiological events in 2005-2006
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is the most contagious transboundary animal disease (TAD) affecting cloven hoofed animals. Significant economic losses are produced by its high morbidity and the export trade restrictions imposed on affected countries. There are seven recognised serotypes of FMD (O, A, C, Asia 1, SAT 1, SAT 2 and SAT 3), which differ in distribution across the world. Serotypes A and O have the widest distribution, occurring in Africa, Asia and South America. Types SAT 1, 2 and 3 are currently restricted to Africa only and Asia 1 to Asia; the capacity to invade free areas is common to all types and periodically SATs are introduced into the Near East, and Asia-1 into western and eastern parts of Eurasia. Infection or vaccination against one serotype does not provide protection against the other serotypes...
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FAO ;
2007
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AI339E http://www.fao.org/3/ai339e/ai339e.pdf |
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