Development of Molecular and Nuclear Technologies for the Control of Foot-and Mouth Disease (FMD)

摘要

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most important livestock diseases known to man due to its high infection rate (ease of spread) and its effect on the limitation of livestock movement and trade. An out- break of FMD will have a devastating effect on a country's food security with direct impact on national and international trade. The confirmatory diagnosis of FMD and its effective control through prophylactic, quarantine or slaughter-out procedures are therefore of paramount importance as it have financial and trade implications.