Foot and mouth disease kills mostly young animals but in this case, some farmers reported high death rates in adult animals. The disease incidence was the highest where the farmer also engaged in white-collar employment, followed by households where the head was farming and also in business. A small portion of animals vaccinated against the disease were infected and four serotypes of the disease had been confirmed. This means there is no cross-immunity against the serotypes and an animal vaccinated against one type can get infected with another type. It is important to take a sample whenever there is an FMD outbreak to identify the serotype.

Source: Daily Nation November 22, 2019 17:15 UTC