Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) Control

A national FMD vaccination and surveillance program protecting Pakistan’s livestock assets and creating the disease-free zones required for international trade compliance.

Project Profile

Protecting Pakistan’s Livestock Wealth

Foot and Mouth Disease is the most prevalent and economically devastating livestock disease in Pakistan. With no locally manufactured vaccine available and imported vaccines prohibitively expensive for smallholder farmers, FMD posed a critical threat to national herd productivity and export potential.

LDDB’s FMD control program implemented a systematic national vaccination campaign, disease surveillance network, and farmer awareness program — reducing outbreak frequency and laying the groundwork for official disease-free zone certification required for livestock exports.

Program Components

[fancy_list style=”arrow” color=”#0b731c”] [fancy_list_item]National FMD vaccination campaigns covering all major livestock populations[/fancy_list_item] [fancy_list_item]Epidemiological surveillance and outbreak reporting systems[/fancy_list_item] [fancy_list_item]Farmer training on early detection, biosecurity, and disease reporting[/fancy_list_item] [fancy_list_item]Advocacy for domestic FMD vaccine production capacity[/fancy_list_item] [fancy_list_item]Coordination with OIE standards for disease-free zone certification pathways[/fancy_list_item] [/fancy_list]