Surveillance for detection of foot-and-mouth disease

Thomas W. Bates, Mark C. Thurmond, Sharon K. Hietala, Kodumudi S. Venkateswaran, Terry M. Wilson, Bill W. Colston, Jim E. Trebes, Fred P. Milanovich

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2003 · 26 citations · 13 references

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Programs to detect and prevent FMD in those coun-tries prior to the outbreaks were extremely similar tothe program currently in place for the United States,which essentially relies on recognition and reporting ofclinical signs by a producer, animal caretaker, meatinspector, or veterinarian. Inherent in the program is apotentially erroneous assumption that these first-lineobservers will be able to recognize FMD and differenti-ate between FMD and other clinically indistinguish-able indigenous diseases, such as

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