Book of abstracts of the "Scientific developments and technical challenges in the progressive control of FMD in south Asia

Animal Production and Health Division

Book of abstracts of the "Scientific developments and technical challenges in the progressive control of FMD in south Asia

Year of publication 2012

Pages 81

Author Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO and the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) of the Ministry of Agriculture of India have called this meeting to gauge how scientific progress on foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is changing the potential for control of the disease in South Asia and potentially, in areas with similar disease risk. The main themes are the potential of current FMD research for the development of improved vaccines and vaccination programmes; the optimization of control programmes based on comprehensive assessments of FMD epidemiology and of control options; regionally co-ordinated FMD programmes; and the growing FMD scientific output from Eurasia, which has the potential to create new and greater levels of control if public policy makes good use of the best science. This book of abstracts provides a guide to the main papers presented during the meeting.