Important facts you should know about Foot and Mouth Disease
- Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) is a controlled animal disease in terms of the Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984).
- FMD is caused by a virus, which only affects cloven-hoofed animals e.g. cattle, sheep, goats and pigs and cloven-hoofed wildlife such as buffalo and antelope. People do not get FMD.