2023TrialShort answer

Q28 (b)

3 marks

Question

Foot-and-mouth disease, a contagious viral disease for cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, resurfaced in Indonesia in May 2022 after the country had been declared free of it for over 30 years. What makes FMD virus so remarkable is its environmental resistance. It can persist on many inanimate objects, such as equipment used with livestock, people’s clothing and shoes, on the tyres of vehicles and in livestock transport. It can also persist in livestock feed and livestock products, such as meat and hides. There is no cure for FMD. Outline a strategy that could prevent the spread of FMD to Australia.

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Solution

Criteria	Marks
Outlines in detail a strategy that could prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.	3
Outlines a prevention strategy.	2
Provides some relevant information.	1

Sample answer:

• Awareness campaigns of FMD
• Restrict import of animal products from Indonesia that may carry FMD
• Stronger clearance requirements for travelers entering Australia
• Increased screening of goods entering Australia, such as animal hides, meat and dairy products, clothing, farming equipment, frozen, chilled and freeze-dried foods that are of high risk origin
• Increased disease surveillance in North Australia’s Top End (ie. WA, NT, Northern QLD)

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Syllabus alignment

Module 7 · Infectious Disease

Prevention, Treatment and ControlEvaluate environmental management and quarantine during epidemics or pandemics.
Prevention, Treatment and ControlInvestigate prevention through hygiene, quarantine, vaccination, campaigns, pesticides and genetic engineering.

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