FMD Technical Bulletin
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Introduction
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) occurred widely in cattle in Zimbabwe in 2014 and 2015 (a total of 158 outbreaks be-ing reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health [OIE]) with the result that livestock farming and the beef industry in Zimbabwe were severely affected, not so much by the disease itself but the consequent animal health con-trol actions (Figure 1). The Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) – using funds from two FAO TCPs (TCP/ZIM/3502 and TCP/ZIM/3503), together with the European Union (EU) funded project GCP/ZIM/022/EC, assisted the Ministry of Agriculture Mechanization Irrigation and Development (MAMID) through the Division of Livestock and Veterinary Services (DLVS), to respond to the FMD emergency primarily through the purchase of vaccine. Additionally, a consulting company – TAD Scientific, based in South Africa – was contracted by FAO in early December 2015 to provide technical support to the DLVS to update its FMD management strategy.