foot and mouth
Cloven-hoof viral plague
Foot and mouth is short for foot-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious viral infection affecting cattle, pigs, sheep, and other cloven-hoofed animals.
Outbreaks trigger mass cullings and trade restrictions.
The phrase also appears in foot-in-mouth disease, a joking diagnosis for someone prone to saying embarrassing or inappropriate things.
- zoonosisAnimal-to-human disease transmission
- lamenessImpaired ability to walk
- veterinary medicineAnimal health science
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
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- Animal Virusesrabies, parvovirus, parvo, distemper, canine distemper
- farm disasterscrop failure, crop blight, failed harvest, drought, locust plague
- Livestock Diseasesbloat, anthrax, ketosis, brucellosis, pinkeye
- veterinaryvets, vet visits, pet hospitals, vet bills, vaccine
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
- biosecurityquarantine measures, disease prevention, disease control, pest management, containment measures