Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on request from the European Commission related to: Assessing the risk of Foot and Mouth Disease introduction into the EU from developing countries

et, al; Wierup, Martin

Report2006

Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on request from the European Commission related to: Assessing the risk of Foot and Mouth Disease introduction into the EU from developing countries : Question No EFSA-Q-2004-113

et, al ; Wierup, Martin

Abstract

Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) is a viral disease in animals that creates severe epidemics that reduce productivity and can profoundly affect the livelihoods of those rural communities that depend almost entirely on livestock agriculture. The potential impact to Europe was clearly illustrated by outbreaks that occurred in the UK in 2001, and subsequently in other member states in north-western Europe, resulting in the loss of millions of animals at a direct cost of more than 12 billion Euro

Published in

The EFSA Journal. Risk Assessment on Foot and Mouth Disease
2006,
Publisher: www.efsa

SLU Authors

Wierup, Martin
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Animal and Dairy Science
Veterinary Science

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/9732