Foot and Mouth Disease : A Threat to U.S. Agriculture.
Addresses concerns about U.S. ability to prevent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) among livestock from spreading to U.S. Describes characteristics of the FMD virus and disease, current USDA measures to prevent its importation, and USDA authority to move preemptively against a potential outbr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2001.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Addresses concerns about U.S. ability to prevent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) among livestock from spreading to U.S. Describes characteristics of the FMD virus and disease, current USDA measures to prevent its importation, and USDA authority to move preemptively against a potential outbreak. Addresses issues regarding adequacy of funding for disease exclusion and research and the availability of vaccines. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |