{"id":545,"date":"2011-06-06T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jmsmith\/?p=545"},"modified":"2011-06-06T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T19:29:00","slug":"recent-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreaks-deserve-a-closer-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jmsmith\/2011\/06\/06\/recent-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreaks-deserve-a-closer-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks deserve a closer look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan 1997 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jmsmith\/files\/2011\/06\/3-counties-with-FMD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-546\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jmsmith\/files\/2011\/06\/3-counties-with-FMD-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jmsmith\/files\/2011\/06\/3-counties-with-FMD-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jmsmith\/files\/2011\/06\/3-counties-with-FMD-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jmsmith\/files\/2011\/06\/3-counties-with-FMD.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan was free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from 1929 until 1997.\u00a0 An outbreak in 1997 spread rapidly among swine herds resulting in the destruction of 3.8 million pigs and loss of export markets.\u00a0 Taiwan now produces 6 million pigs per year, about half as many as it did in the mid-1990s.\u00a0 Vaccination was used to control the epidemic in swine and the country has failed to regain the OIE status \u201cfree without vaccination\u201d needed to resume exports.<\/p>\n<p>UK 2001<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom had been free of FMD since 1967 until the 2001 outbreak that affected swine, sheep, dairy, and beef holdings across much of the country from February through September.\u00a0 Related outbreaks were found in Northern Ireland, France, and the Netherlands and quickly brought under control. \u00a0The toll on the countryside is counted as 6 million animals and the equivalent of 13 billion dollars (US).\u00a0 Many rural tourism-related businesses went out of business.\u00a0 The UK was declared \u201cfree without vaccination\u201d in January 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Japan 2010<\/p>\n<p>The Miyazaki prefecture on the island of Kyushu, famous for supplying Waygu cattle, experienced an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epizootic\">epizootic<\/a> of FMD between April and August 2010.\u00a0 The last outbreak there had been experienced ten years prior.\u00a0 Confirmation of the disease was slow, contributing to its spread among cattle, water buffalo, swine, sheep, and goats.\u00a0 Disease was controlled using vaccination to slaughter.\u00a0 Almost 300,000 animals were slaughtered to control the disease.\u00a0 Free status without vaccination was granted by OIE in February 2011.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea 2010-2011<\/p>\n<p>South Korea brought 2 outbreaks of FMD quickly under control in early 2010, then was caught seemingly off-guard by an outbreak that spread rapidly and persisted through the winter.\u00a0 There was hope the disease had stopped spreading and animal movement restrictions were lifted in early April only to have the disease identified in new herds later in the month.\u00a0 The situation was not resolved as of late May 2011.\u00a0 Since late November 2010 a total of 3.5 million cattle and pigs were culled for disease control at a cost approaching 2.7 billion dollars (US).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan 1997 Taiwan was free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from 1929 until 1997.\u00a0 An outbreak in 1997 spread rapidly among swine herds resulting in the destruction of 3.8 million pigs and loss of export markets.\u00a0 Taiwan now produces 6 million &hellip; 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