EU Information on foot and mouth disease outbreak in the UK in 2007

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious, usually non-fatal viral disease of domestic and wild cloven-hoofed animals, but may also affect certain other species. It is widely distributed throughout the world. Animals recovered from the disease may remain carriers of the infectious virus for an extended period of time. FMD is not dangerous to humans, but has a great potential for causing severe economic losses in susceptible animals.

The link address is: http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/controlmeasures/fmd_uk_en.htm