Laboratory diagnostics: Foot and mouth disease (FMD)
What laboratory diagnostic methods can I use to diagnose FMD? Which one should I choose according to the situation? How do I interpret the results?
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What laboratory diagnostic methods can I use to diagnose FMD? Which one should I choose according to the situation? How do I interpret the results?
It is essential that veterinarians update their knowledge and educate livestock farmers and employees to familiarize themselves with exotic diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease or ASF, since their detection requires knowledge of them.
On the finisher sites, the farmer noticed that the growing pigs in all the farm sheds had become dull and lame.
The appearance of Foot and Mouth Disease Type 0 (Asian types) in the United Kingdom shortly after the occurrence of Classical Swine Fever has generated a very deep crisis in United Kingdom livestock industry. The occurrence of the two so soon after one another, and both supposedly originating from the same part of the world suggests that there have been changes in the patterns of food importation into the UK that have allowed these strains to enter.
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What you need to know about Foot and Mouth Disease. FAO
Video explaining the main transmission routes and clinical signs of the disease.
Foot and Mouth Disease Pocket Guide. USDA-APHIS
More than 60 pictures with lesions caused by foot and mouth disease virus after an experimental infection, both in domestic and wild pigs.
Foot and Mouth Disease Technical Disease Card. World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
Updated information from WOAH about the disease.