1) Symposium “The 20 Years History of the Japan Society of Veterinary Epidemiology”
The World Situation of Foot-and-mouth Disease Outbreaks and it’s Epidemiological Study
2018 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 4-7
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2018 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 4-7
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been known as an infectious disease of animals since a long time ago. This disease still threatens the sound development of livestock industry in the most infected countries. Once the disease invades to the disease free country, devastating economic loss are generated, as seen in the previous outbreaks in Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Netherland, Korea and Japan. Therefore, FMD has been serious restraints of international trade of animal and animal products for infected countries. Epidemiological researches have contributed to establishing better control and preventive measures. In particular, modeling studies become a powerful tool to evaluate different control strategies and support preparedness for the FMD outbreak. Collaboration with neighboring countries is a key to promote further progress on the epidemiological researches of transboundary animal diseases.
