Skip to main content

foot-and-mouth disease

Title English: 
foot-and-mouth disease
Definition English: 
A disease caused by a highly infectious virus that can infect people but affects them most by infecting livestock -- cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. The foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is in the same family of viruses as those causing the common cold.
Title Arabic: 
مرض الحمّى القلاعية
Title French: 
fièvre aphteuse
Domain: 
Social Development
Subject: 
Humanitarian Assistance
InformationType: 
Term
SourceSymbol: 
language staff