foot-and-mouth disease
Also known as hoof-and-mouth disease, foot and mouth disease, Epizootic stomatitis, FMD, obsolete foot and mouth disease, aphthous fever
infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals and caused by apthovirus
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Foot-and-mouth disease is a viral infection caused by apthovirus that spreads among cloven-hoofed animals like cattle, sheep, and pigs, and can sometimes be fatal to infected animals. It matters because outbreaks can devastate livestock populations and have major economic impacts on farming and food production.
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Research
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Article
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that primarily affects even-toed ungulates, including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high fever lasting two to six days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and near the hoof that may rupture and cause lameness.
FMD has very severe implications for animal farming, since it is highly infectious and can be spread by infected animals comparatively easily through contact with contaminated farming equipment, vehicles, clothing, and feed, and by domestic and wild predators. Its containment demands considerable efforts in vaccination, strict monitoring, trade restrictions, quarantines, and the culling of both infected and healthy (uninfected) animals.