Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious virus and can be spread by movement of infected animals, movement of contaminated vehicles and by contaminated facilities used to hold animals. There have been no FMD cases of in the United States since 1929. Despite a devastating outbreak in Britain in 2001, this highly contagious viral disease is rare in industrialized countries but endemic in developing countries.
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