Vietnam: Foot-and-mouth disease affects 1,300 animals in five provinces
The serious viral animal disease, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has reared its ugly head in central Vietnam as officials with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are reporting that more than 1,000 More...
USDA develops new cell line for detection of foot-and-mouth disease
USDA scientists at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center have developed a new cell line that rapidly and accurately detects foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), according to a USDA news release May 16. Photo More...
Scores of cattle culled in Tibet due to foot and mouth disease outbreak
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Tibetan village of Shigatse, which has affected dozens of cattle. Photo credit: Lawrence Livermore National More...
Foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in cows in China’s Qinghai Province
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) reported Monday that a least two cows in northwest China’s Qinghai Province have been laboratory confirmed positive for the serious animal disease, foot-and-mouth disease, More...
Pakistan reports more than 1,000 foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in 2012
Pakistan reported more than 1,000 outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) last year, the largest number of FMD epidemics ever recorded in the world, said a speaker at an international conference on microbiology More...
Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak confirmed in China’s Sichuan Province
Coronary band vesicles on the feet of a pig with Foot-and-mouth disease.Credits: USDA Chinese agriculture officials are confirming a small outbreak of the highly contagious viral disease of cattle and swine, foot-and-mouth More...
