title: [Current situation and future preventive measures of foot-and-mouth disease in Japan].
abstract: Foot-and-mouth disease caused by Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a severe and acute vesicular disease of cloven-hoofed animals including cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. As FMDV is highly contagious and causes productivity losses among infected animals, outbreaks of the disease are a primary animal health concern worldwide. In April, 2010, the disease reoccurred in Miyazaki prefecture in 10 years. Compared to the outbreak in 2000 in which no infection among pigs was observed, a total of 292 infected farms have been involved in this outbreak, and infected animals (37,412 cattle, 42 water buffalos, 174,132 pigs, 14 goats, and 8 sheep) were culled and buried. Vaccination was decided to reduce the speed of virus spreading. Finally a total of 76,756 heads of vaccinated animals were also slaughtered. The outbreak has continued for 2.5 months, and the ban on animal movements have been eased 3 months after the first occurrence. As several factors for disease spreading have been rumored, I would like to note this point and discuss future preventive measures.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. akashih@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D006041:Goats; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D013997:Time Factors; D014765:Viral Vaccines; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines