Topic outline
This course provides an overview of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) recognition in either a FMD-free country or in a country where the disease is endemic. It presents the clinical signs of FMD, as well as routes of transmission, diagnosis, control and prevention measures.
This e-learning course is intended for:
- Government veterinarians
- Private veterinarians
- Livestock industry members
- Farmers
- Veterinary students
- Importance of emergency preparedness for, and early detection of, FMD outbreaks.
- Pathogenesis of FMD, clinical signs, routes of transmission and outbreak investigation.
- Samples that should be collected to enable laboratory diagnosis of FMD.
- Biosecurity principles to reduce the risk of transmission.
- Control measures that would be applied in the event of an FMD outbreak.
- Lesson 1 – Significance: How important is FMD?
- Lesson 2 – Biosecurity: Starting with the end in mind
- Lesson 3 – Diagnosis: Is this FMD?
- Lesson 4 – The disease: Identifying the source and transmission
- Lesson 5 – Leaving the farm: Don’t be a carrier!
- Lesson 6 – Control strategies: What happens now?
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Digital Badge Certification
To be granted a digital certification from the FAO elearning Academy, you will have to take the final evaluation exam after you’ve finished a course.
Our digital badge certifications verify that you have achieved the learning outcomes and competencies outlined in FAO e-learning courses.
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According to the different learning path chosen at the beginning of the course, please click on one of the links below to start the test either for an FMD-free country, or an FMD-endemic country.