Key result
The 1997 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Taiwan infected over 4 million pigs, resulting in 37.7% mortality or culling and an estimated total economic cost of US$ 1.6 billion.
Population
Pigs in Taiwan during the 1997 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic
Design
Other
Follow-up
4 months (March to July 1997)
Authors
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Severe FMD outbreaks cause major agricultural losses; leaves open optimal modern prevention strategies in livestock.
Observational (n=4,000,000)
The 1997 FMD epidemic in Taiwan caused massive agricultural and economic losses, highlighting the devastating impact of the disease and the effectiveness of a blanket vaccination program in halting the outbreak.
Yang et al. (1999) conducted an observational in Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) (n=4,000,000). Two-dose blanket vaccination programme was evaluated on Mortality and financial cost. The 1997 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Taiwan infected over 4 million pigs, resulting in 37.7% mortality or culling and an estimated total economic cost of US$ 1.6 billion.
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