Which animals are susceptible to Foot-and-Mouth Disease?

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Which animals are susceptible to Foot-and-Mouth Disease?

Foot-and-Mouth Disease is a vesicular disease caused by a virus that primarily infects cloven-hoofed mammals. The virus targets epithelial tissues in the mouth and on the feet, and these sites are most prominent in animals with split hooves—especially cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. Because of this tissue tropism and receptor distribution, the species capable of sustaining infection are the ruminants and other hoofed animals, making them susceptible. Dogs, birds, and fish do not typically become infected or develop disease from Foot-and-Mouth Disease, as their anatomy and tissue environments don’t provide the same conditions the virus needs to replicate and spread. Thus, ruminants are the correct group for susceptibility.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease is a vesicular disease caused by a virus that primarily infects cloven-hoofed mammals. The virus targets epithelial tissues in the mouth and on the feet, and these sites are most prominent in animals with split hooves—especially cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. Because of this tissue tropism and receptor distribution, the species capable of sustaining infection are the ruminants and other hoofed animals, making them susceptible.

Dogs, birds, and fish do not typically become infected or develop disease from Foot-and-Mouth Disease, as their anatomy and tissue environments don’t provide the same conditions the virus needs to replicate and spread. Thus, ruminants are the correct group for susceptibility.

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