Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis (FMD):

@ (FMD) is a severe, highly contagious viral disease of livestock.

@ The disease affects cattle, swine, sheep, goats and other cloven-hoofed ruminants.

@ FMD virus belongs to (risk group 4 as per World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)) Aphthovirus genus of the picornaviridae family.

@ FMD can spread by physical contact.

@  In rare cases, humans are also susceptible.

Brucellosis

@ Brucellosis is a bacterial disease caused by various Brucella species, which mainly infect cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs.

@ Humans generally acquire the disease through direct contact with infected animals, like ingesting unpasteurized milk or cheese Etc.

@ Person to person transmission is rare.

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