Re: RC: Re: Foot & Mouth

["Heather Hamper" <hnhamper@hotmail.com>]

FMD affects almost exclusively cloven-hoofed animals.  Horses, dogs, cats 
and people can "carry" the virus on their persons, clothing, feet or 
whatever.

Heather
UK




>From: BMcCrary27@aol.com
>To: hnhamper@hotmail.com
>CC: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: Re: RC:  Re: Foot & Mouth
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:24:39 EDT
>
>In a message dated 4/17/01 4:14:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>hnhamper@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > Humans cannot get FMD and the risk to people visiting the UK is remote
> > providing they do not go out of their way to visit restricted areas.  An
> > American school-teacher was quoted as saying that you could only get FMD 
>if
> > you touched the hooves of the affected cow not its rump (yeah, a
> >
>
>It is my understanding that FMD is a disease of only ruminant animals.  Am 
>I
>correctly informed?  And if this is correct, then this leaves out dogs, 
>cats,
>horses, and humans.
>
>Barbara

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