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Overview
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A general introduction to the important
aspects of FMD including:
• description of disease and the causal agent
• clinical diagnosis
• laboratory diagnosis
• epidemiology
• control.
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Control
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Review of control strategies for FMD:
• stamping out
• movement controls
• tracing
• vaccination
• combined strategies
• contingency plans
• legislation
• import/export regulations
• quarantine
• zoosanitary measures.
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Epidemiology
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Detailed consideration of the epidemiology
of FMD including:
• world distribtuion of the disease
• virus transmission - aerosols - prediction of spread
• susceptibility to infection
• the carrier state
• risk analysis.
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Clinical disease and diagnosis
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Detailed descriptions of:
• clinical disease in cattle, sheep and pigs
• differential diagnosis
• ageing of lesions
• disease in non-domestic species.
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Laboratory diagnosis
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Detailed description of laboratory
methods including:
• FMD laboratory practice
• collection and submission of samples
• antigen detection by virus isolation - ELISA - PCR
• antibody detection by virus neutralisation - ELISA
• virus characterisation - antigenic and genomic.
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