Japan foot-and-mouth outbreak

Municipalities where FMD was identified. Light yellow: April 23, dark yellow: April 27, orange: May 15, light brown: May 17, dark brown: May 21, black: June 9.

The Japan foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2010 occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture, affecting cattle, swine, sheep and goats. A similar outbreak had occurred ten years earlier, in 2000.[1] Located on the eastern coast of Japan's Kyūshū island, Miyazaki Prefecture plays a significant role in supplying top-quality Wagyū cattle for the production of Wagyū beef throughout Japan including Matsuzaka and Ōmi. The number of livestock killed was 297,808, and the estimated economic loss was 235 billion yen.[2]

  1. ^ Nishiura, H; Omori, R (December 2010). "An epidemiological analysis of the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Miyazaki, Japan, 2010". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 57 (6): 396–403. doi:10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01162.x. PMID 20723164.
  2. ^ "archive.ph". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2023-01-18.