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Reemergence of Foot and Mouth Disease in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

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Title Reemergence of Foot and Mouth Disease in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
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Creator Jai Sunder
Arun Kumar De
Debasis Bhattacharya
Tamilvanan Sujatha
Sagar Ashok Khulape
Anandamoy Kundu
 
Subject A & N Islands
Foot and Mouth disease
Outbreak
Reemergence
 
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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an acute highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals which has been discovered more than 100 years ago. The causative organism is a RNA virus belongs to the Aphthovirus genus, Picornaviridae family. The disease is endemic in India and every year the economic loss due to direct and indirect cause is more than USD 4 billion annually. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands also suffered due to the outbreak of FMD in the year 2005 which was due to serotype O. However, in the present study the reemergence of FMD virus almost after a gap of 13 years has been reported from the South Andaman district of the A & N Islands. The outbreak was confirmed as serotype O and is mainly affected more than 800 cattle, goat and buffalo population. The reemergence of the FMD virus in the islands has posed a serious concern to the livestock of this island which is now being considered as almost free from many of the dreaded disease. Based on the epidemiological investigation it could be concluded that the virus might have entered through the transport of straws which is being used as packing materials for vegetable and fruits from mainland.
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Date 2020-05-23T04:58:58Z
2020-05-23T04:58:58Z
2019-04-30
 
Type Research Paper
 
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Online ISSN : 2277-940X
Print ISSN : 2249-5290.
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/36182
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Copyright New Delhi Publishers