"Foot-and-Mouth Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				A highly infectious disease caused by FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS that affects mammals of the ARTIODACTYLA order (CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and PIGS) and is characterized by high fever followed by the appearance of blisters inside the mouth and on the feet.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D005536
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 C02.782.687.484 C22.380 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Foot-and-Mouth Disease- Foot-and-Mouth Disease
 - Disease, Foot-and-Mouth
 - Diseases, Foot-and-Mouth
 - Foot-and-Mouth Diseases
 - Foot and Mouth Disease
 
  
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| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Foot-and-Mouth Disease" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine market survey at agro-veterinary stores in rural and peri-urban areas of Nigeria. Gates Open Res. 2025; 9:40.