Foot and Mouth Disease in Egypt
Kamal, S., Faisal, R. (2015). Foot and Mouth Disease in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 1(1), 445-452. doi: 10.21608/ejceh.2015.253593
Samia Ahmed Kamal; Ragaa ASR Faisal. "Foot and Mouth Disease in Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 1, 1, 2015, 445-452. doi: 10.21608/ejceh.2015.253593
Kamal, S., Faisal, R. (2015). 'Foot and Mouth Disease in Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 1(1), pp. 445-452. doi: 10.21608/ejceh.2015.253593
Kamal, S., Faisal, R. Foot and Mouth Disease in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 1(1): 445-452. doi: 10.21608/ejceh.2015.253593

Foot and Mouth Disease in Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry and Environmental Health
Volume 1, Issue 1, November 2015, Page 445-452  XML PDF (240.36 K)
Document Type: Scientific and Research
DOI: 10.21608/ejceh.2015.253593
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Authors
Samia Ahmed Kamal* 1; Ragaa ASR Faisal2
1Virology department,Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Egypt
2Biochemistry department, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Egypt
Abstract
Foot and mouth disease (FMD), one of the widest spread diseases affecting clovenfooted animals, which has detrimental effects on meat and milk production. The disease has been reported in Egypt over the last 50 years. The first detection of the disease was in 1950 when strain SAT2 caused an outbreak. The most sever outbreak in Egypt took place in February 1987. Buffaloes are the main native domesticated animals in Egypt so that it play major role as a reservoir for FMDV; buffalo keep the virus in the oro-pharyngeal region for more than 2 years. Foot and Mouth disease host is mainly animals, transmitted directly between animals, therefore, vector is not present. The reservoir hosts are present in the endemic areas. Zoonotic importance of FMD does not investigated in large scale, because the disease in man is self-limiting.
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