Cattle with foot-and-mouth disease
Early signs of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in cattle are fever, lameness, shivering, long strings
of sticky saliva, sudden drop in milk production and blisters.
As the disease develops, infected cattle may:
- stop eating
- develop mastitis
- have quivering lips
- produce frothy saliva that drips to the ground at intervals
- be sitting down away from the grazing herd.
At first suspicion of sickness or a disease that concerns you, contact your local vet or notify Agriculture Victoria on the Emergency Animal Disease Watch Hotline 1800 675 888.
More information
Look for the signs of foot-and-mouth disease
Sheep and goats with foot-and-mouth disease
Images courtesy of The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD)
Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022