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PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease – Uganda: (KS) st. SAT-3, bovine, wildlife
Foot and Mouth -- UgandaScientists at the National Agricultural Research Organization have identified a new strain of foot and mouth disease [FMD] virus: a Southern African Territory 3 (SAT 3), which attacks livestock causing lesions in mouth and sore feet and subsequently inhibiting the animals' abilities to eat or move.The SAT 3 was discovered in a seemingly healthy long-horned Ankole calf that grazed close to buffaloes in western Uganda."This calls for heightened surveillance to control spread, Read more [...]
