Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) | الحمى القلاعية
Description Disease
Foot-and-mouth disease is an extremely contagious viral infection affecting cattle, sheep, goats, and camels.
It causes high fever, severe mouth and foot ulcers, painful lameness, and inability to eat or walk.
Young animals often die suddenly due to heart damage, and farms suffer catastrophic economic losses within days.
Transmission Infection
Targets mouth, tongue, hooves, and teats. Spreads rapidly through aerosols, saliva, milk, manure, contaminated clothing, equipment, and windborne particles.
Prevention Vaccination
Inactivated multivalent vaccine; booster every 4–6 months. Strict biosecurity and record keeping are essential.
