Foot-and-mouth disease. A review for the practitioner.
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is perhaps the most infectious disease known to human and veterinary medicine. This article is written with the practitioner in mind, concentrating on early recognition, epidemiology, occurrence around the world, and sampling and diagnostic methods. The article stresses that there are numerous FMD viruses, and not all behave in a similar fashion. The practitioner must be acute in his or her herd inspection of animals in which vesicular disease is suspected and knowledgeable as to differential diagnosis.
Lubroth
Juan
J
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Animal Health Service (AGAH), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome 00100, Italy. juan.lubroth@fao.org
D000818:Animals; D002161:Camelids, New World; D002417:Cattle; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014943:Global Health; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine