Definitions for foot-and-mouth disease
foot-and-mouth dis·ease

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1. foot-and-mouth disease, hoof-and-mouth diseasenoun

   acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs

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1. foot-and-mouth diseasenoun

   A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves.

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1. Foot-and-mouth disease

   Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, 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. Susceptible animals include cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, pigs, antelope, deer, and bison. It has also been known to infect hedgehogs and elephants; llamas and alpacas may develop mild symptoms, but are resistant to the disease and do not pass it on to others of the same species. In laboratory experiments, mice, rats, and chickens have been artificially infected, but they are not believed to contract the disease under natural conditions. Cattle, Asian and African buffalo, sheep, and goats can become carriers following an acute infection, meaning they are still infected with a small amount of virus but appear healthy. Animals can be carriers for up to 1–2 years and are considered very unlikely to infect other animals, although laboratory evidence suggests that transmission from carriers is possible.Humans are only extremely rarely infected by foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). (Humans, particularly young children, can be affected by hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMDV), which is often confused for FMDV. Similarly, HFMDV is a viral infection belonging to the Picornaviridae family, but it is distinct from FMDV. HFMDV also affects cattle, sheep, and swine.) The virus responsible for FMD is an aphthovirus, foot-and-mouth disease virus. Infection occurs when the virus particle is taken into a cell of the host. The cell is then forced to manufacture thousands of copies of the virus, and eventually bursts, releasing the new particles in the blood. The virus is genetically highly variable, which limits the effectiveness of vaccination. The disease was first documented in 1870.

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1. foot-and-mouth disease

   Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious and severe viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild species within the family Bovidae, like cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, and deer. The virus causing this disease is spread through physical contact or contaminated feed, water, or airborne particles. Symptoms include fever, loss of appetite, and blisters or lesions in the mouth and on the feet. It is not a direct threat to humans, but it leads to significant economic loss in the farming industry as it reduces productivity of infected animals. It is not related to Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease that affects humans, primarily children.

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1. Foot-and-mouth disease

   Foot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high fever for two or three days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and on the feet that may rupture and cause lameness. Foot-and-mouth disease is a severe plague for animal farming, since it is highly infectious and can be spread by infected animals through aerosols, through contact with contaminated farming equipment, vehicles, clothing or feed, and by domestic and wild predators. Its containment demands considerable efforts in vaccination, strict monitoring, trade restrictions and quarantines, and occasionally the elimination of millions of animals. Susceptible animals include cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, pigs, antelope, deer, and bison. It has also been known to infect hedgehogs and elephants; llamas, and alpacas may develop mild symptoms, but are resistant to the disease and do not pass it on to others of the same species. In laboratory experiments, mice, rats, and chickens have been successfully infected by artificial means, but they are not believed to contract the disease under natural conditions. Humans are very rarely infected.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foot-and-mouth disease in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of foot-and-mouth disease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of foot-and-mouth disease in a Sentence

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   As of now, if you want to marry from Kiruhura District, they'll give you a wife and you take cows later because of the foot and mouth disease

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   If we were to vaccinate preemptively, we would lose our animal health status as a country free of foot and mouth disease and we would lose our trade and market access.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foot-and-mouth disease
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foot-and-Mouth_Disease
3. ^ Wikipedia
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