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|linktext =VIRUSES
|sublink1=Picornaviruses
|subtext1=PICORNAVIRIDAE
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====Pathogenesis====
*Transient vesicular lesions occurring 2 days to 2 weeks post-infection
*Easily confused with [[Foot and Mouth Disease (FMDV)]]
====Epidemiology====
*Transfer via ingestion of '''unboiled swill'''
*Eradicated from the UK in 1981
====Diagnosis====
*'''ELISA''' for virus '''antigen''' on vesicle fluid
====Control====
*'''NOTIFIABLE''' disease
*Restriction of movement
*Slaughter with compensation
*Carcasses buried in lime or incinerated