Press Release
FMD Outbreak No Risk to Kansas Livestock
Rumors spread around the industry today that Kansas has a confirmed case of Foot and Mouth Disease. KCA utilized its resources and found that the situation is actually Hand- Foot- and-Mouth Disease in the Raymore-Peculiar, Missouri School District, an area not too far from Kansas City. Of the 6,000 student in the school district, officials have confirmed five cases. This is not Foot and Mouth Disease that we associate with cattle. Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease is common in infants and children and is an acute viral illness that can cause skin rashes, fever and blister-like sores in the mouth.
This disease is not transferable to cattle and poses no risk to our livestock industry.
"I'd say we're getting enough calls to say there's an outbreak in Kansas City," said Dr. Mary Anne Jackson, the Chief of Infectious Diseases at Children's Mercy Hospital. "Whenever we see hand, foot and mouth disease, we see it in a number of different children. We see it over a period of time. And then it goes away until it comes back next year."
This type of disease is not uncommon, and although it is contagious it is NOT considered deadly.
Again, KCA wants to stress that this is not the same Foot and Mouth Disease found in cattle. Cattle FMD is not transferrable to humans and human Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease is not transferrable to cattle. We would like to stress that this poses no risk to the cattle industry.
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