Foot and Mouth Disease - Integument Flashcards
Virion Properties FMD
Picornavirus
-Naked
-30 nm
+ssRNA (7-8kb)
Icosahedral
Genome Infectious
FMD Disease
Highly contagious vesicular disease
-Infects usually inapparent
-Cattle and Swine most severely affected
-Sheep/goats inapparent
Serotypes
7 Serotypes
-OAC (Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America)
-SAT 1,2,3 (Africa)
-Asia 1
Subtypes w/in each = Topotypes
Disease Mortality
Highly fatal in young (Myocarditis and low milk)
Low mortality in adults
Disease Character
Fever
Blister sores on tongue, lips, mouth, teats, and hooves
Majority recover but weakend
Genus - Family
Aphthovirus - Picornaviridae
Clinical presentation (cattle, goats, sheep)
Vesicles appear 2 - 8 days PI
-Oral, feet, teats, udder
Virus shed from lungs 24 hours before signs
Abortions from stress
Persistent infections
Swine - 1 month
Cattle - 9 months - 2 years
Goats/sheep - 1 year
FMD Infects
Cattle, sheep, swine
Swine Vesicular disease
Swine
Vesicular stomatitis
Cattle, sheep, swine, horse
Vesicular exanthema of swine
Swine
FMD in Swine
1st sign - lameness
Lesions less conspicuous
10^3 more viral shedding
Persistence 1 month
FMD Control and prevention
Transmission by contact and aerosol
Feedstuff, fomites
Retains infectivity for months
Airborne transmission 100 miles
Diagnosis
Differentiate from other vesicular diseases
-Multiplex PCR
-EM, VI, Serology
Control - quarantine, test, exterminate herd