Animal Diseases
Foot-and-mouth disease


Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease that mainly affects cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats.

In dairy livestock, it can cause severe health and economic consequences, including a significant reduction in milk production and the development of chronic mastitis, making animals less productive and drastically reducing their commercial value.

Infections can lead to complications such as abortions, infertility, chronic lameness and, in severe cases, systemic conditions such as chronic heart disease.

The rapid transmissibility of the virus makes constant and timely monitoring essential, also to avoid export bans and trade restrictions.

The page is updated daily with the latest available data, coming from official sources and validated by our analysts.

The last outbreak was reported on 2026/05/22 (South Africa)
The last outbreak was reported on 2026/05/22 (South Africa)

All the historical data

Outbreaks of Foot-and-mouth disease - Source: FAO

Outbreaks colored according to their date
from 2021-01-05    to 2026-05-22.

Reference period

Select the starting month for the following analyses:

Summary table on Outbreaks of Foot-and-mouth disease (Foot and Mouth)

Affected Countries
in the World 		Outbreak data for the period: 2026/1 - 2026/4  (Mesi completi)
Number of
Affected areas		 Total number
of Outbreaks		 Change
in the period selezionato		 Change
last month completo
World 179
 515
+214.0% +194.3%
South Africa 2
 233
+117.8% +270.7%
Cyprus 2
 100
> +1,000% +142.3%
Greece 19
 56
+∞ +111.1%
Swaziland 37
 37
+23.3% 0.0%
Israel 53
 22
+∞ +37.5%
Botswana 21
 21
+∞ +∞
Eswatini 16
 16
+∞ +66.7%
Lesotho 13
 15
+∞ +33.3%
Indonesia 8
 8
-57.9% +∞
South Korea 3
 3
+∞ 0.0%
China 2
 2
+100.0% +∞
Syrian Arab Republic 1
 1
+∞ 0.0%
Palestine 1
 1
+∞ +∞
Source: FAO - Processed by: CLAL

Nei dati parziali di 2026 vi sono nuovi paesi colpiti dalla patologia: Libya

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