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  Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly infectious viral disease of cloven hoofed animals.
The foot and mouth disease outbreaks in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands between 2000 and 2001 are discussed.
The development of a foot and mouth disease marker vaccine and a test kit by Intervet and Bommeli, provides an effective means of vaccinating against FMD and allowing the differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals.
www.foot-and-mouth-disease.com   (173 words)

  
 Foot and Mouth Disease Backgrounder
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is caused by a picornavirus; other members of this viral family include the swine vesicular disease virus, the human hepatitis A virus, and rhinoviruses.
Foot and mouth disease is considered to be the most economically devastating livestock disease in the world, and represents a worst-case scenario for livestock diseases because of the variety of species involved, rapid spread, and difficulty in controlling outbreaks.
Foot and mouth disease virus is spread via contact and fomites (including contaminated inanimate objects and people moving between infected and uninfected animals).
www.avma.org /public_health/fmd_bgnd.asp   (1317 words)

  
 Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Animal Health - Fact Sheet - Foot and Mouth disease
Foot and Mouth Disease is a severe, highly communicable viral disease of cattle and swine.
The disease is characterized by fever and blister-like sores on the tongue and lips, in the mouth, on the teats and between the hooves.
Foot and Mouth Disease is an extremely serious livestock illness and it is one of the most contagious of animal diseases.
www.inspection.gc.ca /english/anima/heasan/disemala/fmdfie/fmdfiefse.shtml   (956 words)

  
 Foot-and-Mouth Disease - MSN Encarta
Cattle and pigs with foot-and-mouth disease develop a sudden fever, followed by an eruption of blisters around the hooves, in the mouth and nose, and on the udders of females.
Because the virus can be destroyed by disinfectants, many local governments in the United Kingdom required that any objects that could have been exposed to the virus, including shoes, automobile tires, and farm equipment, be disinfected before leaving or entering a particular area.
Many affected areas of the British countryside were closed to nonessential foot and motor vehicle traffic, harming Britain’s tourist industry.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554713/Foot_and_Mouth_Disease.html   (987 words)

  
 Foot definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
The foot as a measure of length is 12 inches or a third of a yard or, metrically, 30.48 centimeters.
The foot was originally the length of a man's foot and served as a measurement of land.
Hand Foot And Mouth Syndrome - Hand foot and mouth syndrome is clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet, and in the mouth.
www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3499   (431 words)

  
 Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common illness of infants and children.
It is characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, and a rash with blisters.
Usually, the physician can distinguish between HFMD and other causes of mouth sores based on the age of the patient, the pattern of symptoms reported by the patient or parent, and the appearance of the rash and sores on examination.
healthlink.mcw.edu /article/934901499.html   (625 words)

  
 Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is characterized by sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet.
Children in child care centers are especially susceptible to outbreaks of hand-foot-and-mouth disease because the infection spreads by person-to-person contact with nose and throat discharges, saliva, fluid from blisters, or the stool of someone with the infection.
If your child is able to rinse without swallowing, rinsing the inside of his or her mouth with warm salt water may be soothing.
www.cnn.com /HEALTH/library/DS/00599.html   (1184 words)

  
 Foot and Mouth
When we look at the facts of foot and mouth we discover that it is not as terrible as the media would have us believe.
For the slaughter is dictated by the logic of maintaining a "Foot and Mouth Free Status".
"Foot and Mouth Free Status" is a powerful myth to wage economic war against Africa, South America and the far East, to ban meat imports from these countries and to depict them as dirty and disease ridden.
www.j12.org /mouthoff/cull.htm   (663 words)

  
 Defra, UK - Foot and Mouth Disease - Information Page
During the course of the Foot and Mouth Outbreak 2001 MAFF and then its successor Department Defra created large volumes of data on every conceivable element of the outbreak.
Mindful of the fact from very early on in April 2001 that the outbreak was going to be of enormous consequence to the UK, the staff of the Joint Co-ordination Centre in London took the decision to make sure that all possible data sources were captured and protected as the outbreak progressed.
Defra believe that these estimates of additional 'at foot' animals are, however, likely to be high, because at least some of these young animals were included in their original figures.
footandmouth.csl.gov.uk   (583 words)

  
 Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease Information on Healthline
Hand-foot-and-mouth should not be confused with foot and mouth disease, which infects cattle but is extremely rare in humans.
After one to two days, fluid-filled bumps (vesicles) appear on the inside of the mouth, along the surface of the tongue, on the roof of the mouth, and on the insides of the cheeks.
The vesicles in the mouth cause the majority of discomfort, and the child may refuse to eat or drink due to pain.
www.healthline.com /galecontent/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease   (796 words)

  
 Special report: foot and mouth disease | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
February 2: Britain is still not prepared for any new foot and mouth epidemic, four years after the disaster that led to a cull of 6m animals, the National Audit Office reveals today.
February 16: The Prince of Wales orchestrated a campaign against the government's policy of slaughtering millions of farm animals during the foot and mouth epidemic, according to the outgoing president of the National Farmers' Union.
February 20: At the height of foot and mouth last year, Guardian Unlimited conducted a series of interviews with people whose lives and livelihoods were directly affected.
www.guardian.co.uk /footandmouth   (864 words)

  
 APHIS | News
The disease is characterized by fever and blister-like lesions followed by erosions on the tongue and lips, in the mouth, on the teats, and between the hooves.
Vesicles (blisters) followed by erosions in the mouth or on the feet and the resulting excessive salivating or lameness are the best known signs of the disease.
Whenever mouth or feet blisters or other typical signs are observed and reported, laboratory tests must be completed to determine whether the disease causing them is FMD.
www.aphis.usda.gov /lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahfmd.html   (927 words)

  
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 Foot and Mouth Disease | Biosecurity New Zealand
Pests and Diseases > Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease which affects cloven-hoofed animals such as sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, llamas and deer.
The use of disinfectant foot baths with passengers arriving from countries with foot and mouth disease
www.footnmouth.govt.nz   (441 words)

  
 Hand, Foot & Mouth
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is a viral illness caused by several different viruses from the enterovirus group that inhabit the human intestinal tract.
Foot and Mouth disease of cattle, sheep, and swine is not communicable to man. Another virus of domestic animals (called ORF virus) is communicable to man, but causes lesions only on the skin.
Some persons experience lesions that are raised and/or blister-like on the body, most notably the palms, fingers, and the soles of the feet.
www.state.sd.us /doh/Pubs/hand.htm   (359 words)

  
 Foot-and-mouth disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foot-and-mouth disease is characterized by high fever that declines rapidly after two or three days; blisters inside the mouth that lead to excessive secretion of stringy or foamy saliva and to drooling; and blisters on the feet that may rupture and cause lameness.
There is another viral disease with similar symptoms, commonly referred to as “hand, foot, and mouth disease,” that occurs more frequently in humans, especially in young children; this disease is caused by a different virus of the family Picornaviridae, namely, an Enterovirus called Coxsackie A.
A Manufactured Plague: The History Of Foot-and-mouth Disease In Britain (2004, ISBN 1-84407-080-8) by Abigail Wood, a veterinary researcher at the University of Manchester.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foot_and_mouth_disease   (1283 words)

  
 Special report: foot and mouth disease | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
September 25, analysis: Until foot and mouth struck seven months ago, much of the rural economy was booming.
October 9: Hundreds of thousands of animals were slaughtered unnecessarily during the foot and mouth crisis as the government rapidly lost control of the epidemic.
September 25: Report says the government's handling of foot and mouth was more damaging to the economy than the disease itself.
politics.guardian.co.uk /footandmouth   (530 words)

  
 Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and Mouth does not have health effects on humans, but humans can spread the disease to animals.
This disease is considered one of the most contagious viral disease known and affects all cloven hoofed animals, including swine, cattle, sheep, goats, and deer.
Signs include blisters or sores on the muzzle, feet, teats, or mouth; lameness associated with foot lesions; or lack of appetite or excessive slobbering associated with mouth lesions.
www.rcha.8m.com /footmouth.htm   (482 words)

  
 Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (Coxsackievirus) Fact Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is usually characterized by tiny blisters on the inside of the mouth and the palms of the hands, fingers, and soles of the feet.
It is also spread by the respiratory tract from mouth or respiratory secretions (such as from saliva on hands or toys).
The rash appears as blisters or ulcers in the mouth, on the inner cheeks, gums, sides of the tongue, and as bumps or blisters on the hands, feet, and sometimes other parts of the skin.
edcp.org /factsheets/handfoot.html   (386 words)

  
 2001 UK foot and mouth crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom in the spring and summer of 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism.
By the middle of spring 2001, several cases of foot and mouth were reported in Ireland and mainland Europe, following unknowing transportation of infected animals from the UK.
An Independent Inquiry into Foot and Mouth Disease in Scotland initiated by the Royal Society of Edinburgh was chaired by Professor Ian Cunningham.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2001_UK_foot_and_mouth_crisis   (1708 words)

  
 Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (Coxsackie viral infection)
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral infection caused by a strain of Coxsackie virus.
(Hand, foot and mouth disease is different than foot-and-mouth disease, which is an infection of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and deer and is caused by a different virus.)
The diagnosis is generally suspected on the appearance of blister-like rash on hands and feet and mouth in a child with a mild febrile illness.
www.health.state.ny.us /diseases/communicable/hand_foot_mouth/fact_sheet.htm   (486 words)

  
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 Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most contagious diseases of mammals and has a great potential for causing severe economic loss.
A specific questionnaire (Questionnaire for the recognition of country status for foot and mouth disease) has been developed to assist Member Countries in the preparation and compilation of dossiers for evaluation by the Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases.
During the 63rd General Session, the International Committee adopted Resolutions XI and XII, ‘Establishment of a list of foot and mouth disease (FMD) free countries where vaccination is not practised’, and ‘Procedure for the recognition of the foot and mouth disease status of Member Countries’, respectively,
www.oie.int /eng/info/en_fmd.htm   (1171 words)

  
 Impact of a Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak - Media Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Impact of a Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak
This media release was issued with the research report, Impact of a Foot and Mouth Disease on Australia, on 12 June 2002.
The report found that the losses from a hypothetical outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) would arise primarily from closure of export markets for Australia’s livestock products and would occur regardless of the location of an outbreak.
www.pc.gov.au /study/footandmouth/finalreport/mediarelease.html   (373 words)

  
 Foot/ Mouth Desease
Last year in Japan, where foot and mouth disease had not been seen since 1908, the virus arrived on straw imported from China.
The United States has not seen a case of foot and mouth since 1929, but it is common and widely feared in Asia, Africa, South America and parts of Europe.
It causes such painful sores on the mouth, lips, feet and teats that animals are frequently unable to eat, drink or walk.
www.habluetzel.com /foot_mouth_desease.htm   (615 words)

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