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FMD Control Policies
Stages in the Eradication of
FMD
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The choice of control policy adopted by a country depends on its FMD status and the risks
of incursion of disease. The full range of policies from acceptance as endemic through to
eradication and attainment of FMD-free status are possible.
The OIE has established a procedure for international recognition of the
FMD-free status of countries and free zones within infected countries,
according to the chapter on the disease (2.1.1) in the International Animal
Health Code (Chapter 2.2.1). Veterinary Services provide relevant information
for the scrutiny of the FMD and Other Epizootics Commission and, if the
status is accepted by the Commission, it is submitted for approval by
the world's official Veterinary Services (OIE International Committee).
A list of internationally recognised FMD-free countries and zones is available
on the OIE Website (http://www.oie.int).
This procedure varies from those for international recognition described in the OIE
'pathways' for other list A diseases, such as the Recommended Standards for Epidemiological
Surveillance Systems for Rinderpest and Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia.
Nevertheless there are well-established strategies and stages that are recognised in the
transition process for countries moving from being endemic for FMD to being FMD-free.
Each of these items is dealt with in more detail in the appropriate section of this module
but they are brought together here to give an overview of the process of FMD eradication.
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