Progressive control of FMD on a global scale

This month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are launching a new global strategy for the control of foot-and-mouth disease. Keith Sumption, Joseph Domenech and Giancarlo Ferrari describe how the strategy has been bas...

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Published in:	Veterinary record Vol. 170; no. 25; pp. 637 - 639
Main Authors:	Sumption, Keith, Domenech, Joseph, Ferrari, Giancarlo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Limited 23-06-2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	Animals Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Disease Outbreaks - veterinary Foot & mouth disease Foot-and-Mouth Disease - prevention & control Global Health Initiatives Pandemics Population Surveillance Sentinel Surveillance - veterinary Europe
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Summary:	This month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are launching a new global strategy for the control of foot-and-mouth disease. Keith Sumption, Joseph Domenech and Giancarlo Ferrari describe how the strategy has been based on a progressive control pathway for FMD and what it is hoped will be achieved
Bibliography:	The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the FAO. SourceType-Other Sources-1 ObjectType-News-1 content type line 66
ISSN:	0042-4900 2042-7670
DOI:	10.1136/vr.e4180