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. 2026 Sep 15;18(9):1019. doi: 10.3390/v18091019
FMD foot-and-mouth disease
WOAH World Organisation for Animal Health
FMDV foot-and-mouth disease virus
RNA ribonucleic acid
WRLFMD World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease
BHK T7-9 baby hamster kidney cells expressing T7 RNA polymerase
LF-BK fetal porcine kidney cells
DMEM Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
BSL-3 biosafety level 3
PCR polymerase chain reaction
BEI binary ethyleneimine
TEM transmission electron microscopy
2D-VNT two-dimensional virus neutralization test
dpv days post-vaccination
CPE cytopathic effect
TCID50 50% tissue culture infectious dose
dpc days post-challenge
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
S/N sample-to-negative control
RT-PCR real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
VN virus neutralization
VNT virus neutralization testing
VP 1-4 viral proteins 1-4
MEGA molecular evolutionary genetics analysis
NC negative control
Comm. Vac. commercial vaccine
r1 antigenic relationship value
IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
APQA Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency
SEM standard error of mean
ANOVA analysis of variance
PAN pan-serotype test line