National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Foot-and-mouth disease in short (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease that affects up to 70 species of cloven-footed mammals including cattle, pigs, sheep and many wildlife species posing the greatest economic threat to agriculture. FMDV is characterized by rapid transmission, high morbidity, and low mortality and can cause serious economic losses and social impacts. Outbreaks of FMD cause severe financial losses and often lead to quarantining and export limitations in affected countries, as well as culling of herds. The disease is characterized by the formation of painful, serous vesicles on the tongue, lips and other tissues of the mouth, and on less stratified integumentary parts of the body such as the udder and teats, the interdigital space and the coronary band above the hooves. The basic control of Foot and Mouth disease is dependent on preventive policies and extensive vaccination of all susceptible individuals. Conventional FMDV vaccines are formulated with inactivated virus. But for the production of such vaccines enormous amounts of the infectious agent are needed and therefore represent a serious risk of viral dispersion.
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