hoof and mouth
Cloven cattle plague
Hoof and mouth is short for hoof-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious viral infection affecting cattle, pigs, sheep, and other cloven-hoofed animals.
The disease causes fever and blisters around the mouth and feet.
Also called foot-and-mouth disease.
The outbreak forced farmers to destroy their entire herds.
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- disease outbreakRapid spread of illness
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- mad cowBrain-wasting livestock illness
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
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