Prof David Paton

Understanding how long a disease can be transmitted for is a cornerstone in preventing and controlling outbreaks, particularly when there is more than one route of infection. Scientists at The Pirbright Institute and Wageningen Bioveterinary Research have demonstrated that environments contaminated…

Research undertaken by scientists at The Pirbright Institute and the University of Glasgow has shown that a targeted vaccination programme against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) could contribute to alleviating poverty in eastern Africa. Livestock production losses due to FMD are estimated to be around…

Surveillance of livestock and their environment for the presence of FMDV is an important part of preventing outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a disease which creates a socio-economic burden for the farming industry and smallholder or subsistence farmers alike. Researchers at The Pirbright…

Surveillance of livestock and their environment for the presence of FMDV is an important part of preventing outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a disease which creates a socio-economic burden for the farming industry and smallholder or subsistence farmers alike. Researchers at The Pirbright…