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A highly contagious viral [[disease]] of cattle and swine, as well as sheep, [[goat]]s, deer, and other cloven-hoofed ruminants. Although rarely transmissible to humans, FMD is devastating to livestock and has critical economic consequences with potentially severe losses in the production and marketing of [[meat]] and milk.
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