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  • New foot and mouth vaccine developed

    Source: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science...imal-diseases/

    World May Be free Of 1 Of The Most Virulent Animal Diseases
    July 3, 2012

    A new vaccine had been developed for 1 of the 7 strains of the dreaded foot-and mouth disease

    One of the most economically devastating diseases in the world for those who raise cows, sheep, pigs, goats, deer and other cloven-hoofed animals is foot and mouth Disease (FMD). This incredibly contagious and fast-spreading disease causes fever, blisters on the feet and mouth (hence the name), loss of appetite, drooling, and lameness. Most herds affected are culled, as in the case of the 2001 outbreak in Great Britain when over 10 million animals had to be destroyed...
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