An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease caused by serotype O virus occurred in cattle and pigs in South Korea during November 2010-April 2011. The highest rates of case and virus detection were observed 44 days after the first case was detected. Detection rates declined rapidly after culling and completion of a national vaccination program.

It is generally accepted that the first recorded outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in South America occurred around 1870. The disease emerged almost simultaneously in the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), in the central region of Chile, in Uruguay and in southern Brazil, due to the introduction of livestock from Europe. Argentina set up an agency for the control and eradication of F...

Current events aTe having a significant effect on the foot-andmouth disease situation in the Americas. Impending completion of the Pan American Highway will Temove a major barrier to land trafffc between endemic areas of South America and the disease-free regions of Central and North America. On the other hand, success in controlling foot-and-mouth disease in Euro#e has demonstrated the effecti...

The fact that foot and mouth disease is highly contagious, easily spread and of major commercial importance makes it a redoubtable challenge for animal health in South American countries and the world over. A number of factors impact directly on the effectiveness of national programmes to eradicate foot and mouth disease. Therefore, in order to meet the challenges posed by today's globalised wo...

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...

The complete genome of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) type A virus isolated from cattle in Saudi Arabia in 2015 is described here. This virus belongs to an FMD virus lineage named genotype VII, which is normally endemic on the Indian subcontinent.

Globalization has increased the potential for the introduction and spread of novel pathogens over large spatial scales necessitating continental-scale disease models to guide emergency preparedness. Livestock disease spread models, such as those for the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in the United Kingdom, represent some of the best case studies of large-scale disease spread. Howeve...