Risk factors for emergence of exotic foot-and-mouth disease O/ME-SA/Ind-2001d on smallholder farms in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Publication date: Available online 6 September 2018Source: Preventive Veterinary MedicineAuthor(s): Corissa A.J. Miller, James R. Young, Sonevilay Nampanya, Syseng Khounsy, Nagendrakumar B. Singanallur, Wilna Vosloo, Ronello Abila, Samuel A. Hamilton, Russell D. Bush, Peter A. WindsorAbstractFoot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a significant endemic transboundary animal disease in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and throughout the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The disease has been shown to perpetuate the cycle of smallholder poverty through reduced animal production, plus limitations on market access for trading in livestock and their products. Despite significant national and multilateral efforts to control FMD over the past two decades, endemic FMD viruses (FMDVs) continue to circulate in Lao PDR. Further, the threat from new and emerging FMDVs is increasing as transboundary movements in the region intensify in response to increasing regional demand for meat. Although the economic impacts of FMD on smallholder farmers in Lao PDR are significant, studies investigating household-level risk factors for FMD are lacking. Following an outbreak of a novel FMDV (O/ME-SA/Ind2001d) in Lao PDR in 2015, a questionnaire and serological study were conducted in Naxaythong District to identify household-level risk factors associated with this outbreak, as well as endemic circulating viruses in the outbreak area. Data were analysed using a multivariable generalised estimating equa...
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research