Foot and mouth disease
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| - | A genetic birth defect, affecting mainly white animals, whereby neonates develop with the position of feet and mouth reversed. Affected individuals have a life | + | A genetic birth defect, affecting mainly white animals, whereby neonates develop with the position of feet and mouth reversed. Affected individuals have a life expectancy of little more than a few days or perhaps weeks - despite a voracious appetite they are unable to digest food by any mechanism other than simple osmosis and die when their legs fill and explode. |
Current revision as of 21:32, 19 October 2006
A genetic birth defect, affecting mainly white animals, whereby neonates develop with the position of feet and mouth reversed. Affected individuals have a life expectancy of little more than a few days or perhaps weeks - despite a voracious appetite they are unable to digest food by any mechanism other than simple osmosis and die when their legs fill and explode.
