Effective measures for foot and mouth disease response

Foot and mouth disease in cattle is caused by viruses, so it spreads quickly and widely. Currently, the disease does not have specific medicines, so farmers need to pay attention to disease prevention to protect their livestock.

Foot and mouth disease in cattle

Foot and mouth disease is a very dangerous infectious disease caused by viruses on even ungulates such as pigs, cows, buffaloes, deer, goats . This disease is very dangerous because the disease spreads very quickly. Many different paths such as direct contact between animals, transmitted through the air . That's why the World Health Organization ranks foot and mouth disease topping infectious diseases of animals .

Characteristics of foot and mouth disease

Because the virus causes disease in cattle, pigs, goats and sheeps, it damages the livestock farmers and affects the export of agricultural products.

The disease spreads in the cattle very quickly because:

• Direct contact with animal diseases
• Indirectly through waste; air; products of meat, bones, horns, nails, infected milk or through the transport and sale of slaughtered cattle, .

Symptom

• Fever of cattle with fever above 40oC, stop eating.
• Pimples on the toe, interstitial nails, tongue, around the mouth, nose, nipple, .
• Then blisters break out ulcers causing clogging of the nail to make walking difficult

The disease kills young animals, causing miscarriage for pregnant animals and reduces the ability to produce meat and milk.

Without specific medicines, other treatments only prevent secondary infections.

Control measures and prevent foot and mouth disease

After foot and mouth disease outbreaks, people often prevented by destroying large numbers of cattle. A recent British study found that, in fact, pets from the symptoms of the outbreak until the onset of infection were a period of time.

Vaccination of veterinary vaccines against foot and mouth disease.(Illustration)

If during this time, sick animals are discovered, it is possible to avoid the destruction of other healthy animals to minimize economic losses.

The report of the Veterinary Institute of England published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Science shows that experts have conducted an experiment on the mechanism of transmission of foot and mouth disease , according to which eight cows were exposed. with foot-and-mouth virus and record the transmission of this virus.

The whole process of the experiment is closely monitored. The results showed that not every cow has a child infected with foot and mouth disease, all herds have problems. Each cow from the occurrence of foot and mouth infection symptoms until the beginning of the infection is a period of time, an average of about 0.5 days.

Expert Brian Charleston, in charge of the research team, said this is the first time they have conducted a study to observe the infectious process of foot and mouth disease in such a meticulous way. The results showed that if during the time the sick cow showed symptoms but the transmission ability was not strong enough, we should destroy it to avoid using the method of destroying all animals including those not yet infection to minimize economic losses.

Foot and mouth disease rarely spreads to humans, but if too much is exposed to sick animals, humans can become infected.

In cattle breeding

• Livestock raising must be registered with local authorities, according to planning and not polluting the environment.
• Vaccination on cows, pigs, goats and sheep ; 4 weeks pregnant animals before giving birth to animals that have the ability to resist disease.
• Cattle bought must have a quarantine certificate from a place where there is no epidemic. When selling animals, they must declare quarantine with the veterinary agency.
• Limited for visitors, traders buy cattle into the barn.
• Disinfection of regular stables with lime, BKA Virkon S, Benkocid, .
• When detecting sick animals, they must be isolated and immediately reported to the local authorities or local veterinary stations and abide by the regulations. It is strictly forbidden to sell or dispose of infected animals into the environment. Any violation will be strictly dealt with in accordance with the law.

In business, slaughter cattle

• Cattle must be transported by specialized means, not allowed to drop waste, have animal quarantine certificates, be submitted for inspection at the traffic hub KDDV and go to the prescribed place.
• Only slaughtering cattle in legal slaughterhouses is allowed
• Livestock meat must go through quarantine and be sold in sanitary places with the control of the veterinary agency
• All violations will be handled in accordance with the law.

Consumers

• Only buy buffalo, cow, pig, goat, sheep meat that has slaughter control and is hygienically preserved.
• Do not buy illegal slaughtered meat or cattle meat sold at the curb, spontaneous market.
• Notify authorities when it is found that cattle, illegal slaughtering places, or livestock meat are not complying with regulations.