Introduction
For the purposes of the Terrestrial Code, the incubation period for foot and mouth disease (FMD) shall be 14 days.
For the purposes of this chapter, ruminants include animals of the family of Camelidae (except Camelus dromedarius).
For the purposes of this chapter, a case is an animal infected with FMD virus (FMDV).
The chapter deals not only with the occurrence of clinical signs caused by FMDV, but also with the presence of infection with FMDV in the absence of clinical signs.
The following defines the occurrence of FMDV infection:
1.FMDV has been isolated and identified as such from an animal or a product derived from that animal; or
2.viral antigen or viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) specific to one or more of the serotypes of FMDV has been identified in samples from one or more animals, whether showing clinical signs consistent with FMD or not, or epidemiologically linked to a confirmed or suspected outbreak of FMD, or giving cause for suspicion of previous association or contact with FMDV; or
3.antibodies to structural or nonstructural proteins of FMDV that are not a consequence of vaccination, have been identified in one or more animals showing clinical signs consistent with FMD, or epidemiologically linked to a confirmed or suspected outbreak of FMD, or giving cause for suspicion of previous association or contact with FMDV.
Standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines are described in the Terrestrial Manual.