Inactivation of the foot-and-mouth disease virus in milk

Abstract

Milk can play an important role in the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which, for industrialized countries, is the most devasting disease of livestock. The quantities of virus excreted in milk, the survival of the virus under various management and manufacturing conditions, the minimum doses required to infect susceptible animals and possible mechanisms of transmission of FMD by milk and milk products as well as measures to reduce this risk are reviewed