More questions are being added every day. Please check back with us if your question isn't here, or submit your question to us through the link on the bottom of the page. FMD affects cloven-footed mammals, including cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Bison, deer, antelope, reindeer, llama, camel, giraffe and elephants are also susceptible.
Horses are resistant to the infection.
Humans can carry the disease, but they are not affected by it. See an article by Ronnie Silcox with more details. The USDA regularly monitors for any disease among U.S. cattle herds and takes steps to prevent FMD from spreading to the U.S. whenever there is an outbreak in other countries. Animals can become infected through inhalation, ingestion and through reproduction. Once a single animal within a herd is infected, its direct contact with other animals spreads the virus within the herd.