兽医专业英语（扬州大学）lesson 19.ppt

Lesson Nineteen Foot-and-Mouth Disease New words and phrases Geographic Serotype Designate Mortality Morbidity Convalescence Protracted Rinderpest Husbandry Sequelae Lactation Permanent Retarded Compulsory Demarcation Heterogeneity Threshold pragmatic Text Foot-and-mouth disease is still a major global animal health problem, but its geographic distribution has been shrinking in recent years as control and elimination programs have been established in more and more countries. Seven serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease virus have been identified by cross-protection and serologic tests, and the