What Is Food and Mouth Disease? What Are Its’ Indications?
Food and Mouth Disease is a virus which is generated by invisible creatures and it is known as being exclusive to the cleft foot animals. The illness is contiguous so it easily spreads around. Besides cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat and pig, wild cleft foot animals are also affected from the disease.
The Losses Which Cause from Food and Mouth Disease are;
- Losses in the efficiency of milk and meat
- Growth deficiency of animals
- Brucellosis
- High incidence of deaths especially for young animals
- Economic losses which cause from the restrictions in foreign trade.
- Treatment costs
Disease Symptoms for the Cattles are;
- Febrility
- Shivering
- Glassy and colourless eyes
- Slabbery and smacking mouth
- Decrease in feed consumption, decrease in milk efficiency for dairy cows and decrease in weight for grower cattles.
- Sensibility occurs in gingiva and water blisters cause light red- colored wounds.
- Fragile and anguished feet.
