Based on information found on the website maintained by the United Kingdom Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, compiled by staff from the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
Some wild animals are also susceptible.
Infection in humans is very rare. The disease affects the mouth or the feet of the animal causing watery blisters. There are 7 main types of virus, and many subtypes subject to rapid mutation. As with the virus of the common cold this characteristic of the Foot and Mouth virus makes vaccination problematic as a method of control. All forms of the virus produce similar symptoms including fever, dullness, lack of appetite, shivering, reduced milk yield and sore teats, slobbering, tenderness of feet, or lameness.