Definitions for "Foot-and-mouth disease"
Keywords:  cloven, fmd, pigs, cattle, contagious
A major disease of cloven-footed animals (e.g., cattle and pigs) that does not exist in the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service conducts a surveillance program to track the disease in foreign countries, regulates the importation of animal products from countries where FMD exists, and tests imported animals in quarantine.
acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
One of the most serious foreign animal diseases, caused by a virus, leading to blisters in the mouth and on the feet of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and many species of wildlife.