Foot and mouth disease is an infection disease designated as one of primary concern by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Its highly contagious nature makes it a serious threat to farmers raising pigs, cows, sheep, deer and other even-toed ungulates.
口蹄疫是世界畜疫會 (OIE) 列管的 A 級重大傳染病，因它是具有高度傳染性的急性傳染病，對豬、牛、羊、鹿等偶蹄類重要畜牧產業危害甚烈。