FAO Representative in India Dr Gavin Wall speaks to Dr Keith Sumption, FAO FMD Expert
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Channel: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · 2011 · Nonprofits & Activism
Keith Sumption , FAO FMD Expert and Secretary, European Commission for Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease speaks to Gavin Wall, FAO, India Representative about the long-term challenges in eradicating Foot-and-Mouth disease. He tells us how FMD was successfully controlled in Europe over the last 50 years. Dr Sumption explains why FMD has been so difficult to eradicate, compared to for instance Rinderpest, and the specific difficulties faced by poorer countries with regard to vaccination programmes and long-term planning. In South Asia, he stresses the need for a large programme to tackle the impact of FMD given the scale and number of livestock in the region. (c)FAO www.fao.org
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