Definition of Hoof-and-mouth disease

1. Noun. Acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs.

Exact synonyms: Foot-and-mouth Disease
Generic synonyms: Animal Disease

Medical Definition of Hoof-and-mouth disease

1. An obsolete term for foot-and-mouth disease. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoof-and-mouth Disease

hoodooisms
hoodoos
hoodrats
hoods
hoodwink
hoodwinked
hoodwinker
hoodwinkers
hoodwinking
hoodwinks
hoody
hooey
hooeys
hoof-and-mouth disease (current term)
hoof-mark
hoof it
hoof mark
hoofbeat
hoofbeats
hoofbound
hoofed
hoofed mammal
hoofer
hoofers
hoofing
hoofless
hooflike
hoofprint

Literary usage of Hoof-and-mouth disease

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Reportby Michigan Board of State Auditors by Michigan Board of State Auditors (1909)
"Oel J. Smith, services and expenses posting proclamations and patroling line on account of quarantine in epidemic of hoof and mouth disease, December 31, ..."

2. Collection and Disposal of Municipal Refuse by Rudolph Hering, Samuel Arnold Greeley (1921)
""After the hoof-and-mouth disease, great pains were taken to rid the premises of rats. Poison, traps, shooting, and 'building out' were all employed. ..."

3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Considerable variation in which both increases and decreases in the fat content were observed, ranging from 9.5% in the hoof and mouth disease to 1.7% in ..."

4. The Diseases of the Mouth in Children (non-surgical). by Frederick Forchheimer (1892)
"If this should be proved in every instance, hoof-and-mouth disease must be ... reports an outbreak of hoof-and- mouth disease among the cows of the Model ..."

5. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"... pemphigus of this sort and hoof-and-mouth disease of cattle, the epidemic reported by Howe having occurred immediately preceding such an epidemic. ..."

6. Agricultural Expansion and Pioneer Settlements in the Humid Tropics by Walther Manshard, William B. Morgan (1988)
"An additional element in Darien colonization is hoof-and-mouth disease among cattle. This disease has been eradicated in North and Central America, ..."

7. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"... and employees should not be enjoined against slaughtering, in accordance with the statute, a herd of cattle afflicted with hoof and mouth disease. ..."

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