Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a very contagious viral disease of all cloven hoofed animals, as well as the nine-banded armadillo. Swine species are the most susceptible animals, often developing ...

Matthew Blurton from Yorkshire was simply doing volunteer work in Africa last December when he experienced alarming symptoms. Blurton had seen a blister on his foot but thought nothing of it until he ...

Victor hobbled quickly ahead of me on three legs, his right front foot swinging in the air. He had escaped through an open gate. Even on three legs, he moved faster than me, but I had to get him back ...

A U.K. man said he is lucky to be alive and credits the 400 maggots used to eat away at a deadly infection in his foot with helping to save his life. Matthew Blurton, of Yorkshire, said he was bitten ...

According to the Caldwell Zoo, Cricket the giraffe had developed a complex infection in her hooves that the zoo staff was ...

Learn how to treat hoof rot in goats and how to prevent it from spreading to the rest of your herd. Raising goats is rewarding and entertaining. What’s not entertaining about goats is their ability to ...

May 23, 2012 — Correct multidisciplinary treatment of common diabetic foot infections can reduce amputations, according to guidelines for diagnosis and treatment issued by the Infectious Diseases ...