Agricoltura e Diritto: Sicurezza Alimentare
| English |
| foot-and-mouth disease |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun phrase
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| Grammatical label |
Uncountable
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| Definition |
Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly infectious viral disease that afflicts cloven-hooved animals— when infected, they’ll exhibit a fever and develop blisters, usually around the mouth and feet. The disease can be spread by direct or indirect contact with infected animals; mechanically, by the movement of people, uninfected animals, and even cars; and through the air. Essentially, the virus can be spread by anything that moves. Although human infection of Foot and Mouth Disease has been reported, cases are rare and of no health significance—the last report of human infection appears to have been in the 1960s.
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| Definition source |
Erin Harty (sito: VetCentric)
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| Context |
Greece may obtain financial assistance from the Community for eligible expenditure incurred under eradication measures relating to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease which occurred in 2000, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3(2) and Article 11 of Decision 90/424/EEC.
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| Context source |
Decision n. 2001/617/EC
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| Subject field |
Food safety
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| Sub-field |
White paper on food safety: Commission's proposals
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| Generic concept |
Zoonose
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| Coordinate concept |
Hydatidosis, Salmonellosis, Listeriosis, Tuberculosis, Brucellosis, TSE
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| fr |
Fièvre aphteuse
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| it |
Afta epizootica
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| Reliability code |
3
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