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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)

A contagious livestock disease whose presence closes premium beef markets

All termsIntroduced in Module 6Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
A contagious livestock disease whose presence closes premium beef markets
How to use it
Find the FMD status of the student's area before planning beef. It decides which abattoirs and markets the cattle can reach.
South African benchmark
FMD outbreaks have repeatedly closed South African beef export markets.
Country notes
Botswana and Namibia export beef from FMD-free zones behind cordon fences; Zimbabwe and Zambia have recurring outbreaks.
Go and read
C6 Lesson 6.3
Calculate it
T-M9-05 Market Price Comparator
Library sources
LIB-A061
See also
Veterinary cordon fence, Traceability, Movement permit
Four gates between a farm and its market: records, certification, health rules and border permitsThe gates a product must pass to reach a marketFARM1Farm recordstraceability2CertificationGlobalG.A.P., food safety3Plant or animal healthphytosanitary, FMD zones4Border and permitsimport rules, tariffsBuyer
From Module 6, Standards and Market Access, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C6 Standards and Market Access.