这种方法此前曾被用于防控非洲和亚洲的牛瘟,以及南美洲的猪瘟。
牛瘟只是第二种曾被宣布已经消除的疾病,另一个是天花。
如今,牛瘟专家约翰·安德森称该疾病的终结为“兽医史最大成就”。
牛瘟可以通过空气和被携带该病毒的动物排泄物污染的水传播。
生物技术还在提供有价值的诊断工具和疫苗,可以帮助防治诸如牛瘟等毁灭性的畜病。
会议调查了动物卫生状况,尤其是牛瘟、口蹄疫和媾疫。
然而数千年来,牛瘟使牛及其他牲畜死亡,引起饥荒,已经影响到人类。
1·Vaccination has been widely used as a cost-effective measure to control infectious diseases, as exemplified by the soon-to-be-confirmed eradication of rinderpest.
免疫接种作为具有成本效益的措施而被广泛用于传染病控制,即将根除的牛瘟就是一个具体例证。
2·So far, there have only been two infectious diseases that have been completely eradicated from the planet: smallpox, and the animal disease rinderpest, he said.
截至到目前,从地球上完全根除的传染病只有两种:天花和一种动物疫病牛瘟,他说。
3·Rinderpest can spread quickly through the air and in water containing waste from animals with the virus.
牛瘟可以通过空气和被含有病毒的动物粪便污染了的水来传播。
4·JACQUES DIOUF: "Rinderpest affected Africa, Asia and Europe for millennia and caused widespread famine and decimated millions of animals, both domestic and wild."
Jacques Diouf:“近千年来,牛瘟影响着非洲,亚洲和欧洲,造成饥荒,引发数百万圈养和野生动物死亡。”