Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Novel Technologies Improve Detection and Control
(Apr 2009)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service Magazine.
Scientists at the ARS Plum Island Animal Disease
Center are using Infrared thermography cameras
to see what human eyes can't. IRT cameras can identify at-risk cattle 48 hours
before they begin to show any clinical symptoms of
foot-and-mouth disease. In the event of an outbreak,
this technology could facilitate rapid containment
of the disease.
