Diseases

Foot-and-Mouth Disease

A highly infectious disease caused by FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS that affects mammals of the ARTIODACTYLA order (CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and PIGS) and is characterized by high fever followed by the appearance of blisters inside the mouth and on the feet.

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A highly infectious disease caused by FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS that affects mammals of the ARTIODACTYLA order (CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and PIGS) and is characterized by high fever followed by the appearance of blisters inside the mouth and on the feet.

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4 entry terms
  • Foot and Mouth Disease
  • Disease, Foot-and-Mouth
  • Diseases, Foot-and-Mouth
  • Foot-and-Mouth Diseases

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33 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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do not confuse with HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; check tag ANIMALS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Foot-and-Mouth Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005536. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005536
  2. Foot-and-Mouth Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot-and-mouth_disease
  3. Foot-and-Mouth Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152401