Population
54 cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) strains of different epizootiological origin
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
14-196 days
Authors
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Suggests pharyngeal sites for FMDV persistence in cattle; leaves open relevance to surveillance or control strategies.
The study identifies the dorsal surface of the soft palate and the pharynx as the primary sites of foot-and-mouth disease virus persistence in carrier cattle.
R. Burrows (1966) studied this question.
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