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====Epidemiology====
====Epidemiology====
*'''Highly contagious''' virus that is spread by '''aerosol''', '''saliva''', '''infected swill''', '''direct contact''', and '''fomites'''
*'''Pigs''' produce '''3000 times more aerosol virus''' than cows
*Cows are much more susceptible to infection than pigs
**Persistent infection of cattle can occur in unkeratinized lesions, but subclinical carriers do not usually transfer infection
**Subclinical '''buffalo''' CAN transmit the disease
====Diagnosis====
====Diagnosis====