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Subject: Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine × Author: VENKATESH, S. H. × End date: 2009 × Start date: 2005 ×
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    EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN CATTLE AND BUFFALOES OF KARNATAKA STATE
    (Karnataka Veterinary Animal And Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, 2005) VENKATESH, S. H.
    Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is an acute infectious disease of cattle, swine, sheep, goats and other cloven footed animals (Fincher et al, 2001). It is caused by an apthovirus of family picornaviridae, which occurs as seven major serotypes viz, O, A, C, South African Territories (SAT) 1, 2, 3 and Asia 1 (Radostits et al., 2003). FMD is one of the most important animal diseases in the world and in India the disease is endemic (Sharma, 1998). Previously it was considered as the second most serious animal disease in India after rinderpest (RP) (Saxena, 1995) but now it has occupied the first place as RP is not recorded. Ellis and James (1976) estimated the economic losses due to FMD in bovine population of India as Rs. 420 crores per year. However, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has updated the estimate as Rs. 1,000 crores (Saxena,1995).