Epidemiological study of foot and mouth disease and evaluation of vaccination method for controlling disease in Waset Province

Abstract EN

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) distributed all over the world except of some sporadic countries.

This study included epidemiology survey of disease in cattle and sheep in Waset province and evaluation of vaccination method for control of disease for years (2011, 2012, 2013) in 17 different cities.

Diagnosis of virus depend on clinical signs and symptoms by veterinarians in hospitals.

Results showed that highest morbidity occur in Alzybiayah city (142 case in cattle and 2860 case in sheep) in year 2011, while in 2012 number of infected animals were (35 in cattle in Alheay city and 60 sheep in Almowefqah city), in year 2013 values of morbidity were 30 head of cattle in Alheay city and 43 sheep in Sheikh Saeid area.

Vaccine types which used in immunization of animals were O1 Monisa, Asia1 shamir, these types used in Asia countries mainly because of serotypes of virus distribution.

After statistical analysis of results we demonstrated that there were significance difference in the infected animals after vaccination between year 2011 and 2012, 2013 (p<0.05).

Percentages of mortalities for three years were 2011(0.6%, 1.6%), 2012 (0.07%, 0.02) and for 2013 (0.02%, 0.008%) for cattle and sheep respectively.