# Canonical recap data for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak (1967)
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slug: foot-mouth-disease-1967
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1967/foot-mouth-disease-1967"
title: Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak
subtitle: Britain's epidemic led to the slaughter of millions of livestock and demonstrated vulnerabilities in agricultural disease control that shaped modern biosecurity policy.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1967-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1967
decade: 1960
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: "Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that primarily affects even-toed ungulates, including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high fever lasting two to six days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and near the hoof that may rupture "
summaryLong: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that primarily affects even-toed ungulates, including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high fever lasting two to six days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and near the hoof that may rupture and cause lameness.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Foot_and_mouth_disease_in_mouth.jpg/1280px-Foot_and_mouth_disease_in_mouth.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Foot-and-mouth disease"
importance: 68
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot-and-mouth_disease"
  title: Foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that primarily affects even-toed ungulates, incl
wikidataQid: Q152401
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260705204053/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot-and-mouth_disease"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-05
  label: Foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot-and-mouth_disease"
