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The Difference Between Mycotic Stomatitis and Contagious 



Foot and Mouth Disease. 



In the first place, mycotic stomatitis is very similar to con- 

 tagious Foot and Mouth Disease, as far as the symptoms to the 

 eye are concerned, when examining affected animals. 



History and Cause Quite Different. 



Mycotic stomatitis affects cattle only, while on the other hand 

 contagious Foot and Mouth Disease spreads rapidly to all exposed 

 cattle, hogs, sheep and goats. Again the most important fact is 

 that by inoculation with contagious Foot and Mouth Disease 

 (merely mop the mouth of an affected animal, then introduce the 

 said mop into the riiouth of a healthy calf), the disease known as 

 Foot and Mouth Disease is easily produced. While in mycotic 

 stomatitis the healthy animal does not become infected by associa- 

 tion with, or inoculation from, an affected animal. 



In mycotic stomatitis the disease often occurs in a few animals 

 in widely separated pastures, and then only a few animals in a 

 herd are affected at the same time. While in contagious Foot and 

 Mouth Disease all susceptible animals exposed, develop the disease 

 about the same time, as this disease spreads rapidly to all such 

 animals, and is carried for miles by persons, dogs, feed, vehicles, 

 bags, and anything which has been exposed to the animal affected 

 with contagious Foot and Mouth Disease. 



In fact, in mycotic stomatitis the animal shows far more stiff- 

 ness in gait, and has a bad-looking, scabby formation on the muz- 

 zle (which we do not have in contagious Foot and Mouth Disease). 

 While the sores in the mouth are not so extensive, and they heal 

 more rapidly in mycotic stomatitis than in contagious Foot and 

 Mouth Disease. 



Mycotic stomatitis is a common disease in this State during 

 the mid-summer and early fall, though it is not contagious, there- 

 fore it should not be mistaken for contagious Foot and Mouth 

 Disease. 



