This document discusses recent advances in diagnosing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). It covers the importance of timely FMD diagnosis, the diagnostic window period, and methods for clinical and laboratory diagnosis. Key laboratory diagnostic techniques discussed include virus detection methods like real-time PCR and sequencing to identify FMD virus serotypes and lineages. Rapid pen-side diagnostics using lateral flow devices, infrared thermography and portable PCR platforms are also summarized. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) provides a sensitive molecular diagnostic alternative in a portable, lab-on-card format. The conclusion calls for increasing molecular diagnostics in Kashmir to identify circulating strains and support vaccine selection and monitoring.
4. Why FMD is so important?
• Morbidity and mortality.
• Production losses— milk
yield, fertility, growth rate,
and traction power.
• TRADE EMBARGO—Loss of
access to lucrative livestock and
livestock product export markets.
• COST OF DISEASE CONTROL
including movement restrictions,
market closures, vaccination costs
and culling.
• Control measures may impact on
other industries including tourism
Indirect
• The 2001 FMD outbreak in the United Kingdom affected
approximately 10 million animals and costed around $14
billion dollar
• A 2013 study from Pirbright Institute estimated the annual
cost of FMD in terms of visible production losses and
vaccination in endemic regions alone to amount to between
$6.5 -21 billion.
Direct
Economic Consequences is the primary driver of FMD control globally
6. FMD Scenario in India
• India has 512 million
susceptible population of
animal
Cattle (109.9 millions)
Buffaloes(108.7 millions)
Sheep (65 millions)
Goat (135 millions)
Pigs (10.3 millions)
On
an average 5 00 outbreaks of
has been reported which
account for the estimated direct
cost of > 20,000 crores (4.45
billion USD) and the indirect cost
are much more
14. Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
Serotypes, Topotypes and
Lineages
https://www.foot-and-mouth.org/FMDV-
nomenclature-working-
group/nomenclature#panel-6272
The isolates from different states could be
placed in three major lineages designated
‘Ind2001’ and Pan Asia. Within parent Pan
Asia lineage, a divergent Pan Asia II sub-
lineage emerged in 2003
15. Global Pools Of FMDV
Seven ‘regional pools’ (Pool 1-Eastern Asia; Pool 2-Southern Asia; Pool 3-Euro-
Asia; Pool 4-Eastern Africa; Pool 5-Western Africa; Pool 6-Southern Africa; Pool
7-South America) in which genetically and antigenically distinctive virus strains
tend to occur within a defined region.
20. Principle of LAMP
1)Bst DNA Polymerase—stand displacement activity
2)4-6 primers
3) Single temperature—65 0C
21.
22. Conclusions
• There is a huge diagnostic gap in our scenario
• Very little is known about the FMDV stains/lineages/genotypes prevalent in
livestock of Kashmir
• We need to increase use of molecular diagnostic for identifying serotypes and
incidents of new infection in our epidemiological situations
• Diagnostics support is also needed in relation to
• vaccine selection
• predicting and monitoring vaccine efficacy
• Identifying carrier animals