[Jacob-list] diseases

[sunbriar at juno.com]

HI, I think theres some confusion between a serious disease Foot and
Mouth and a lesser virus that causes blisters on the lips namely
soremouth. My sheep have been infected with soremouth, they had an
outbreak about 3-4 years ago,  blisters on the lips, it went away on its
own untreated, cause no problems and now they should be immune until  a
few years when another batch of lambs or a new animal might break out
again. Soremouth is contagious to some people and is called ORF. I have
never gotten it even though handling infected sheep with no gloves so I
guess Im immune.   I think Ill read up on FMD and see what my college
books say about it. Kathy