Surviving the summer: foot-and-mouth disease virus survival in U.S. regional soil types at high ambient temperatures.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most economically significant global livestock diseases. In the U.S., economic optimization models run in 2011 demonstrate the highest mean epidemic impact of a potential FMD outbreak in California would occur in livestock-dense regions, resulting in national agriculture losses of $2.3 to $69.0 billion. In the case that an FMD outbreak occurred in the U.S., mass depopulation, carcass disposal, and disinfection protocols for infected premises have been designed to prevent further viral spread. Because the FMD virus (FMDV) is spread mechanically via the environment, characteristics of viral environmental stability are important. Temperature and adsorption to soil particles are reported to be the most important factors affecting

SUBMITTER: Bessler AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541954 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature