羊隻口蹄疫病毒排毒試驗
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羊隻口蹄疫病毒排毒試驗
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is an acute and infectious disease of cloven-hoofed animals. It can cause severe economic loss. The cause agent of FMD is FMD virus (FMDV), is a positive sense and single stranded RNA virus, belongs to Picornaviridae, Aphthovirus. FMDV has seven distinct serotypes including type O, A, C, Asia 1, SAT 1, SAT 2, and SAT 3. There is no cross-protection between each serotype. Totally two strains of O serotype FMDV invasion occurred in Taiwan since 1997. The first invasion