Foot and Mouth — Armenia
Residents in several communities in Armenia’s Gegharkounik [Gelark’unik’] Province say their animals are displaying symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious ailment almost exclusive to cattle, sheep, swine and other cloven-hoofed animals. Veterinary and health officials say they have no such information.
Humans, who seldom contract the disease, may be carriers, as may rats, dogs, birds, wild animals, and frozen meats. Symptoms of the disease (also known as hoof-and-mouth
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