Foot-and-mouth disease overview
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Overview
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD, Latin binomial Aphtae epizooticae) is ahighly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease of cattle and pigs. It can also infect deer,goats, sheep, and other bovids with cloven hooves, as well as elephants, rats, and hedgehogs. Humans are very rarely affected. Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is the prototypic member of the Aphthovirus genus in the Picornaviridae family. This picornavirus is the etiological agent of the acute systemic vesicular disease that affects cattle and other animals worldwide. It is a highly variable and transmissible virus.[1]
References
- ↑ Martinez-Salas E, Saiz M, Sobrino F (2008). "Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus". Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press. pp. pp. 1-38. ISBN 978-1-904455-22-6.