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TT 76-53450
From: Veterinariia (Kiev), Vol. 34, 1973, pp. 19-23.
Dubrovin, E.I. and V.I. Poluliakh
ON THE EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF FMD IN THE UKRAINE. (Do pitannya epizootologii yashchura v ukraine'kii RSR).
Translated from Ukrainian
Prepared for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United State Department of Agriculture and National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. by Saad Publications (Translations Division), Karachi, Pakistan.
1977
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TT 76-53450
ON THE EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF FMD IN THE UKRAINE. VETERINARIIA (KIEV), in Ukrainian, Vol. 34, 1973, pp. 19-23. (Article by Dubrovin, E.I. and V.I. Poluliakh).
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During the recent times, three foot and mouth epizootic occurrences were recorded in the Ukrain, which were caused by various types or varieties of the foot and mouth virus. The foot and mouth epizootic of the 1952 to 1955 was caused by the virus type A7, the epzootic of the 1958 to 1963 was as a result of the virus type "O", and during the period of 1965 to 1966 it was caused by virus type A22.
These three epizootics differed from each other by the development, duration, number of affected cattle, and the number of cattle which had succumbed to it.
If we take as 100 the number of areas and animals in the areas that were affected by the foot and mouth disease during the 1952 to 1955 epizootic, then the number of areas affected by this epizootic during the 1958-1963 was 52.5, the number of large cattle in these farms affected by the disease was 59, number of pigs was 240 and number of sheep was 972, whereas, during the