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...animal with foot-and-mouth disease will develop a fever and blisterlike lesions on its tongue, lips and teats and between its hooves. Even if an animal recovers (and most do), the disease will dramatically reduce its ability to produce milk; in addition, the animal will grow more slowly, thus making it more expensive to bring to market as meat...
...disease is highly mobile: It can be carried through the air, in animal by-products, on the dirt on people's shoes or on farm equipment. Foot-and-mouth thrives in dark, damp places, like barns, and can be destroyed with heat, sunlight and disinfectants. That's why pasteurized or cooked meats and dairy products are exempt from...
...people get foot-and-mouth disease...
...possible, but extremely unlikely. And in the one documented case of human foot-and-mouth disease (diagnosed in 1966, in Britain), the symptoms were very mild and dissipated quickly...
...Foot-and-mouth isn't so much a health or safety threat - it's an economic threat. Farmers and governments alike are concerned about losing livestock that provide valuable milk and meat products. The USDA estimates an outbreak of foot-and-mouth in the U.S. - where the disease has not occurred since 1929 - could cost billions...