Foot and Mouth Disease

Question 1

What is a FAD?

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Question 2

What is the OIE

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Question 3

What is the OIE List A?

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Question 4

What are the OIE listed Cattle Viral diseases?

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Question 5

What are the vesicular Diseases and their outbreak years?

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Question 6

How are the Vesicular diseases related?

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Question 7

What is Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

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Question 8

Is FMD responsible for Human Hand foot and mouth disease?

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Question 9

What are the characteristics of FMDV

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Question 10

What are some common misconceptions of FMD?

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Question 11

If FMD is not very lethal why is it such a concern?

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Question 12

Why is FMD so contagious?

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Question 13

How is FMD transmission?

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• Animals can become infected through inhalation, ingestion, and through reproduction
  
  • Primary mechanism within herds is by direct contact (inhalation of virus aerosols
  • Under right conditions, long distance spread of FMD by wind-borne virus can occur
• Movement of infected animals is the most common method of spread between herds
  
  • other sources include contaminated vehicles, equipment, people and animals products

Question 14

How stable is FMDV?

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Question 15

What are common questions about FMD spread?

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Question 16

What are the different types of hosts for FMDV

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Question 17

Are horses affected by FMD?

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NO

Question 18

What type of host are pigs for FMD?

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Question 19

What animals are indicator hosts for FMD?

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Cattle

Question 20

What are the Clinical signs of FMD?

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Question 21

How does FMD progress in an animal?

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Question 22

In Taiwan 1997 what caused pigs to die from FMD?

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Question 23

How does FMD appear in sheep

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Question 24

What are the maintenance hosts for FMD?

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Question 25

What samples need to be collected from FMD cases?

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Question 26

What is the National Animal Health Laboratory network (NAHLN)

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Question 27

How is FMD prevented/controlled?

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Question 28

What is the “stamping out” policy? How effective are vaccines for FMD?

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Question 29

What are teh issues with the FMD vaccine?

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Question 30

When should FMD be suspected?

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Question 31

What are teh DDx for FMD?

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Question 32

What are the important points of FMD/Vesicular diseases

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