Knowledge and control help fight Foot-and-Mouth in Asia

When animal suffering and destruction is numbered in millions of heads; when the financial impact is measured in billions of dollars; and where the social and emotional costs are inordinately high – the quest to improve control efforts and minimise the destructive impacts of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) are worthy priorities. At the recently held Asian Pig Veterinary Society (APVS) Congress in Pattaya, Thailand, the memory of the recent outbreak in South Korea was still fresh – hence FMD con