Livestock and poultry diseases caused by viruses, including foot and mouth disease, the swine fevers, bluetongue, lumpy skin disease and the major poultry viral diseases such as Newcastle disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza. Belongs here: any livestock or poultry disease whose recognized causal agent is a virus. Does not belong here: a bacterial, parasitic or prion livestock disease, each grouped under its own heading below, and a viral disease of honeybees, grouped under Apiculture Pests and Diseases.
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Typical Transmission or Damage ModeContact, Airborne or Fomite 1 Viral Diseases of Livestock
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Foot-and-mouth disease
Wikimedia FoundationFoot-and-mouth disease, lead section, transmission sentence (Viral Diseases of Livestock subcategory)Quote, Foot-and-mouth disease, lead section, transmission sentence (Viral Diseases of Livestock subcategory)
The FMD virus can be transmitted in a number of ways, including close-contact, animal-to-animal spread, long-distance aerosol spread and fomites, or inanimate objects, typically fodder and motor vehicles.
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