Foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, some relationships between pathogenesis and epizootiology

Foreign Animal Diseases

Authors

  • J. J. Callis Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Northeastern Region, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Greenport, NY 11944

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1980no15p164-168

Keywords:

Carrier state, cattle diseases, Disease transmission, Epidemiology, foot and mouth disease, Reviews, Viral diseases, Foreign Animal Diseases

Abstract

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most infectious of all of the animal diseases. It is viral in origin and occurs principally in cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and other cloven-footed animals, domesticated and wild. It was first described in Italy in 1546. The causative agent was isolated and determined to be a virus which was later shown to be approximately 23 millimicrons in diameter. Its high infectivity in several species; ability of the virus to spread rapidly; its widespread distribution; and its plurality of serotypes, are some of the characteristics which made FMD difficult to control.

Cover image of the 15th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: A photo of the two curved towers of Toronto City Hall as seen through a sculpture and immaculately manicured flowerbeds.

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Published

1980-11-01

How to Cite

Callis, J. J. (1980). Foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, some relationships between pathogenesis and epizootiology: Foreign Animal Diseases. The Bovine Practitioner, 1980(15), 164–168. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1980no15p164-168

Issue

No. 15 (1980 November)

Section

Articles