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Title: Foot and Mouth Disease


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  • Foot and Mouth Disease

2
Etiology
  • Apthovirus (Picornaviridae)

3
Epidemiology
  • Affects all cloven footed animals (Cattle,
    Buffalo, Pig, Sheep Goat)
  • Highly contagious
  • Low mortality
  • Great economic impact world wide due to
    production loss
  • Africa, Asia, South America, Part of Europe are
    endemic
  • Japan, New Zeland Australia are disease free

4
Prevalence
  • Serotypes O, A, C Asia1, SAT1, SAT2, SAT3
  • O C occur most commonly
  • Disease generally occurs as a outbreak and
    spreads from heard to heard.
  • Morbidity up to 100
  • Mortality 2 (adults)
  • 20 (Young ones)

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Transmission
  • Direct contact
  • Infected feed, water, farm utensils
  • Milk man
  • All the excretions of the affected animals
    contains organism
  • Wind speed of 4m/sec relative humidity gt60
  • Infection can be windborne as far as 250kms
  • Wild animals act as reservoir

6
Clinical signs
  • Fever
  • Profuse salivation
  • Vesicles in mouth, feed, udder, nostrils
  • Sudden death in young ones

7
Salivation
8
Oral ulcer
9
Pealed off oral epithelium
10
Foot lesion
11
Udder lesion
12
  • FMD OBR at
  • Usilampatty taluk
  • Madurai

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  • On 29-1-2011 field veterinarian informed ADIU,
    Madurai about incidences of FMD by mobile phone.
  • (WE CAN MAKE USE OF NEW BB/COMPUTER FACILITY)
  • Animal Disease Intelligence Unit visited the
    village, samples are collected and sent to IVPM,
    Ranipet by special messenger.
  • Reports are communicated to Head office by FAX
    Mobile phone.

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  • Results from IVPM is received by post.
  • In emergency situations results are received by
    telephonic message.
  • Teams of doctors are deployed to carryout
    vaccination and treatment.
  • Population of animals at affected village and
    villages covering 8 kms radius is calculated
  • Vaccination to the risk group is organised

15
  • Daily report about disease status is communicated
    to head office by FAX for 7 days after fresh
    attack.
  • Daily report will be having,
  • Number of fresh attack, death,
  • Number of ailing animals and number of dead
    animals.
  • Number of animals vaccinated

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  • Final report will be having
  • Number of affected animals, dead animals
  • Number of animals vaccinated
  • Economic loss to farmer due to deathproduction
    loss

Weekly reports are sent to head office by post
for 4 consecutive weeks. If there is no fresh
attack final report is sent after 4 weeks
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