TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATION iiAPPROVAL iiiDEDICATION ivAKNOWLEDGEMENTS vTABLE OF CONTENTS viLIST OF TABLES viiiLIST OF FIGURES viiiDEFINITION OF TERMS ixLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xABSTRACT xiCHAPTER ONE 1INTRODUCTION 11 . I Background to the study 11.2 The study Area 2.3 Statement of the problem 41 .4 Objectives 4I .4. 1 General objective 51,4.2 Specific objectives 51 .5 Research questions 51.6 The scope of the study 51.7 The significance / Justification of the study 6CHAPTER TWO .7LITERATURE RE...
ABSTRACT Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a severe highly contagious viral disease of clovenhoofed animals that has significant economic impacts. FMD causes significant economic loss in Namibia in which the molecular epidemiology of FMD virus (FMDV) responsible for the outbreaks has not been consistently studied. The general objective of this study was to determine molecular characteristics of FMD viruses of 2019 outbreak in Zambezi region, Namibia. A total of 11 epithelial tissue samples col...