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## OVERALL CONCLUSION 

The effectiveness of any Foot and Mouth Disease control strategy primarily hinges upon its ability to facilitate early detection of the disease, prompt warning and effective prevention of disease spread as well as rapid response to outbreaks. As the audit has revealed, the essence of the strategies adopted by the DVS in the control of the FMD, was mainly to mitigate the risk factors associated with FMD infections and spread. However, the OAG established some challenges in the department’s implementation of the FMD control strategies which to a great extent increased the risk of FMD outbreaks. This was evidenced by among others, the continued incursions by buffaloes into livestock areas/zones, 

