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December 1, 2002Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIEOpen Access

Foot and mouth disease: the experience of South Africa

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Key result

A multidisciplinary approach involving movement control, targeted culling, and vaccination successfully contained the 2000-2001 foot and mouth disease outbreaks in South Africa.

Population

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and domestic stock (pigs, cattle) in South Africa

Design

Review

Authors

GBGideon BrücknerCenters for Disease Control and PreventionWVWilna VoslooCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationBPB.J.A. DU PLESSISOnderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital

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Implication

Supports integrated FMD control in endemic zones; leaves open prospective validation across regions.

Structured PICO

P
Population
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and domestic stock (pigs, cattle) in South Africa
I
Intervention
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) control and containment strategies
O
Outcome
Containment of FMD outbreaks and re-instatement of zone freedom status

Multidisciplinary control strategies successfully contained FMD outbreaks in South Africa, restoring its FMD-free zone status.

Limitations

  • Difficulty in convincing communal farmers to submit animals for culling
  • Unresolved questions about the status and role of carrier animals in the epidemiology of the disease
  • Unrealistically long qualifying periods for FMD-free status prescribed by OIE

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Brückner et al. (2002) conducted a review in Foot and mouth disease. Disease control strategies (stamping-out, vaccination, movement control) was evaluated on Containment of FMD outbreaks. A multidisciplinary approach involving movement control, targeted culling, and vaccination successfully contained the 2000-2001 foot and mouth disease outbreaks in South Africa.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a110de6cd70b138bf1a1cd2https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.21.3.1368
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