Pigs with foot-and-mouth disease
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Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious disease and usually spread through close contact between animals or contact with the bodily fluids of infected animals. Compared to other species affected pigs, in particular, generate and breathe out enormous amounts of virus, which may infect other livestock, even over long distances.
Look out for these symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs:
- fever
- sudden lameness
- reluctance to move
- dullness
- refusal to feed.
Mouth sores are not always easy to see, but blisters may develop on the snout or on the tongue.
At first suspicion of sickness or a disease that concerns you, contact your local vet or notify Agriculture Victoria on the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline 1800 675 888.
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Look for the signs of foot-and-mouth disease
Sheep and goats with foot-and-mouth disease
Cattle with foot-and-mouth disease
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Lesions on the top of the snout of a pig, seen as small dark red marks
Old lesion on a pig’s snout shown as dark red area on the tip of the snout
Pig’s foot with dry, cracked and flaking hoofs – known as hoof separation or thimbling
Pig lying in a pen, demonstrating a reluctance to stand
Images courtesy of The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD)