The big question, however, is how much is saved through FMD control and what is the best strategy? The average milk production from the animals that were being milked was 11.7kg each before FMD and 4.7kg per animal during FMD. DISEASE CONTROL STRATEGIESThe animals took a minimum of two days and a maximum of 21 and an average of nine days to recover from the disease. Milk recovery to pre-FMD status was 100 per cent for 10 per cent of the affected HHH, 75 per cent for 35 per cent HHH, 50 per cent for 20 per cent HHH, 25 per cent for 30 per cent HHH and zero per cent for 5 per cent HHH. The associated control costs are were 325 million, 86.7 million and Sh27.5 million respectively.

Source: Daily Nation March 20, 2020 18:09 UTC