Foot and mouth disease
Foot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease is a non-fatal viral disease of cattle and pigs. Due to historical reasons, the disease in mainland China is also known as "disease five" or "W disease". It can also infect deer, goats, sheep and other cloven-hoofed animals, such as rabbits and hedgehogs. Horses and human infections are very few cases. In 1897, Friedrich Loeffler first revealed the cause of foot and mouth disease as a virus. He passes the blood of the animal through a good porcelain glass filter and finds that the collected liquid can also be pathogenic in healthy animals. Foot and mouth disease has occurred in many parts of the world (including Europe, Africa, Asia and South America). Although a number of countries, including Taiwan, Canada, the United States, and Australia, have so far been reported in some cases (May 2005), the widespread spread of the disease and the rapid spread of the disease have aroused widespread concern in the international community The The outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK in 2001 led to the culling of large numbers of livestock in the country. During this period, a series of sports events such as Ten Tors and leisure sports have also been canceled. August 3, 2007, the southern British province of Surrey re-emergence of foot and mouth disease. ...