EuFMD

Dataset visualization has now become the most popular and user-friendly tool for enabling audiences to capture data easily in a visual context. There are varied tools available for data intelligence and analytics which use an interactive environment to explore datasets. Digitalization of animal disease outbreak data using interactive visualization tools allows end-users to gain insights into vast...

Following an important outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease in Israel, a question raised concerning the possible use of drones for the disease surveillance. The idea of using drones to assist in finding affected herds in the field and surveil affected herds seemed logical and useful. A pilot study has been done to evaluate the pros and cons to this thought.

Sensors have become ubiquitous in our current world and the livestock farming sector offers multiple research avenues for the application of sensor technology, from early disease detection to virtual fencing. Animal health surveillance in Scotland currently relies on post-mortem examinations of animals and on data derived from laboratory submitted samples. Sensor-derived syndromic surveillance of...

Environmental sampling, in particular taking swabs of any surfaces likely to have been contaminated by infected animals, presents an opportunity for non-invasive sample collection, enabling cost-effective FMD surveillance beyond regular investigation of clinical cases. Linking the results of environmental sampling with those of other surveillance methods (e.g. oral swabs or serum samples) allows a...

Seven serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) (O, A, C, SAT (1, 2, 3), and Asia 1) occur across seven regional virus pools. In each pool, the specific serotypes that circulate in the susceptible populations varies. Since 2004 there has been a noticeable absence of serotype C from recorded outbreak data. This serotype historically occurred across European countries, however the most recent...

Spatial Qualitative Risk Analysis (SQRA) is a collaborative method and tool developed by Cirad and partners for sharing the knowledge of a college of academic and field experts in veterinary epidemiology and animal health about the relative risks of introduction and dissemination of an animal or zoonotic infectious disease within a territory. SQRA is of particular interest when historical records...

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a notifiable disease to the World Animal Health Organization (OIE). FMD is one of the most contagious zoonotic diseases, with important economic losses. FMD causes a low mortality rate in adult animals but often causes a high mortality rate in young animals due to myocarditis. United Arab Emirates (UAE) intensifies the effort in line with the Progressive Control Pat...

Data-driven innovations to inform disease control and prevention - A. Delgado by European Commission for the Control of FMD

The early detection of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) incursion in an FMD-free country is of critical importance for timely control and eradication. The objective of this study was to assess the epidemiological and economic impacts of different ‘times to detection (TTD)’ of a potential FMD outbreak using a multi-country version of the EuFMDiS model.

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a major emerging, zoonotic and arboviral haemorrhagic fever that greatly affects public and animal health, primarily in Africa. The ability of RVF virus to persist within distinct environments has raised questions over its potential to spread and persist within currently disease-free settings. Viral persistence requires suitable meteorological factors for vector competen...

The aim (focus) of this poster is to consider digital transformations of Analog Geography Hunting Grounds Maps (AGHGMs) (image 1) as well opportunities of introduce digital hunting grounds maps (DHGMs) in veterinary surveillance, monitoring, control programme for wildlife populations. Geographical Information System (GIS) as a computer based analyzing system displaying digital data with spatial se...

The movement of livestock between farms was one of the main risk factors for infection at the farm level during the high-risk period (HRP) of the 2001 FMD epidemic in Uruguay. This corresponds to the period where the virus was present but not yet detected in the country and the movements between livestock operations facilitated contact between infected and susceptible farms. The aim of this study...

Transboundary animal diseases pose a continual threat to the health of livestock and the welfare of livestock producers, with foot-and-mouth disease and similar transboundary (FAST) animal diseases (including peste des petits ruminants, Rift Valley fever, and capripoxvirus diseases) being of exceptional concern. The role of wildlife in maintaining or propagating these diseases is an area of active...

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) is a widespread and economically important livestock disease endemic in large regions of the world, including most of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite this computer modelling of FMD spread generally focuses on areas free of the disease. Modelling of disease spread is useful to assess the benefits and drawbacks of potential control strategies prior to their implemen...

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a notifiable disease to the World Animal Health Organization (OIE). FMD is one of the most contagious zoonotic diseases, with important economic losses. FMD causes a low mortality rate in adult animals but often causes a high mortality rate in young animals due to myocarditis. United Arab Emirates (UAE) intensifies the effort in line with the Progressive Control Pat...

Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in disease-free countries can lead to millions of animals being culled and can cost billions of pounds. To control an outbreak, rapid detection and application of control measures are required to contain the spread. To do this it is essential to understand the transmission dynamics within a farm to determine the number of infected animals over time and the...

Livestock mobility plays an important role in the dissemination of major diseases in West Africa, including Foot-and-Mouth disease, Rift Valley Fever, and Peste des Petits Ruminants. There is a need to identify reliable predictors of livestock movements. So far, a majority of studies have focused on the analysis of static movement networks. We aimed at modelling the temporal dynamics of cattle and...

One of the most infectious livestock diseases in the world, Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) presents a constant global threat to animal trade and country economies. To assist control measures, the global clustering of FMD viruses has been divided into 7 virus pools, where multiple serotypes occur but within which are topotypes that remain mostly confined to that pool. This clustering of viruses sugge...

Challenge of vaccinated animals for evaluation of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines will always be essential when new strains are implemented in vaccine production. To replace, reduce and refine animal experiments, producers are using alternative tests for batch release of vaccine. Producers either check the antibody response in standardised tests after vaccination or rely on GMP production and the...

The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit sharing is an international agreement that became effective in 2014, whose objective is "the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources". It requires users to obtain authorization from the country of origin before accessing a genetic resource and to negotiate the terms and conditions of its use. While the i...

Smart farming technologies provide the farmers with their animal location and health status in real time. Equipped with these technologies, farmers can take immediate actions to improve the health and welfare of their herd and of every individual animal. The use of smart farming technologies provide a valuable time optimization in detecting and managing disease outbreaks. A connected global system...

Vaccination is an important measure for prophylactic control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in endemic countries. One of the main factors for successful disease control is to select the most suitable vaccine strain, which will protect against currently circulating viruses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy in pigs by vaccination of commercially available FMD vaccines against hete...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) O/CATHAY lineage virus is a known porcinophilic virus that has caused devastating damage to the pig industry. In vaccine matching and efficacy results by other FMD reference laboratories, there have been concerns that many commercially available vaccine could not confer effective protective immunity against O/CATHAY lineage viruses. In this study, we conducted the in v...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) remains endemic in East-Southeast Asia, Middle East and North Africa causing significant economic losses; multiple variants of serotypes FMDV O and A are currently circulating. FMD vaccines from Argentina, are widely used in South America and in some countries in Asia and they have shown excellent efficacy in controlling FMD in these regions. Here we report satisfactor...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)-susceptible sheep’s play an important epidemiological role in the spread of FMD. Outbreaks in sheep due to multiple serotypes FMDV O, A, Asia 1 have been reported in endemic regions such as the Middle East and North Africa. In the present study, we assessed the onset and duration of immunity (DOI) elicited by FMD single oil emulsion polyvalent Asia1 vaccine (FMDV O, A...