Abstract
Porcine Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in Taiwan between March and April 1997, were analyzed using Geographic Information System (GIS). The prevalence of the infected pigs and infected farms linearly increased, being more than 60% and 20%, respectively, on May 8, and all the prefectures were contaminated with the virus by May 3. The case fatality rate of nearly 20% was unusually high for the FMD outbreak in pigs. The outbreak seemed to have started from the southern and northern parts of Taiwan and later spread to the central and eastern regions of Taiwan. Higher pig densities were considered to be a major factor for virus transmission and prevalence. The high slaughtering rates including suspected herds, in the early stage, restriction of animal transportation and rapid circulation of the disease information, were considered to be of importance to prevent the spread of infections.
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