ABSTRACT
Effective surveillance to prevent the entry of animals with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) into countries or areas free of the disease and to rapidly identify cases during outbreaks requires that those involved with susceptible livestock species are familiar with the clinical signs of the disease. In particular this includes state and private veterinarians, livestock owners and those responsible for animals at markets, abattoirs and agricultural shows etc. In this chapter the characteristic signs of FMD in different livestock species are described and illustrated with accompanying photographs.
