"Foot-and-Mouth Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A highly infectious disease caused by FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS that affects mammals of the ARTIODACTYLA order (CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and PIGS) and is characterized by high fever followed by the appearance of blisters inside the mouth and on the feet.
| Descriptor ID |
D005536
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.687.484 C22.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Foot-and-Mouth Disease- Foot-and-Mouth Disease
- Disease, Foot-and-Mouth
- Diseases, Foot-and-Mouth
- Foot-and-Mouth Diseases
- Foot and Mouth Disease
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