hoof-and-mouth disease
Cloven-footed viral scourge
Hoof-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral infection affecting cattle, pigs, sheep, and other cloven-hoofed animals, causing blisters in the mouth and on the feet.
Outbreaks devastate livestock industries and trigger mass culling.
Also called foot-and-mouth disease.
The disease does not significantly affect humans.
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- pigsDomesticated farm swine
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- swineDomestic porcine animals
bovine · porcine · ovine · caprine · herd · farm · ranch · dairy
Microscopic infectious agent
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- transmissionSending of information
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- spreadTo distribute widely
pathogen · incubation · carrier · airborne · endemic · communicable · infectious · viral
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- economic impactFinancial consequence of events
- trade banProhibition on commercial exchange
- export restrictionsLimits on goods leaving
compensation · USDA · reportable · surveillance · emergency response
Small enclosed sacs
- blistersRaised fluid-filled skin
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
- feverElevated body temperature
- lamenessImpaired ability to walk
salivation · drooling · soreness · ulcers · weight loss · mastitis
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- cullingSelective population reduction
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- biosecurityProtection against biological threats
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
containment · isolation · disinfection · slaughter · exclusion zone · buffer zone · surveillance · depopulation
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
swine · bovine · porcine · ovine · caprine · herd · farm · ranch · dairy · feedlot
virus
Microscopic infectious agent
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- transmissionSending of information
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
spread · pathogen · incubation · carrier · airborne · endemic · communicable · infectious · viral · exposure
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- economic impactFinancial consequence of events
- trade banProhibition on commercial exchange
export restrictions · compensation · USDA · reportable · surveillance · emergency response
vesicles
Small enclosed sacs
lameness · salivation · drooling · soreness · ulcers · weight loss · mastitis
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- cullingSelective population reduction
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- biosecurityProtection against biological threats
eradication · containment · isolation · disinfection · slaughter · exclusion zone · buffer zone · surveillance · depopulation · stamping out
hoof-and-mouth diseasemad cow disease
Fatal bovine neurological disorder
avian influenza · anthrax · brucellosis · scrapie · bird flu
hoof, hoofed, hooves, hoofs, and, mouth, mouths, mouthed, mouthing