41.   The issue becomes more pressing each day with mounting evidence that the disease has affected bird and mosquito populations around the region.

42.   The new uncertainty about spongiform diseases is a reminder that some diseases affect many more people than their rarity implies.

43.   Wheat futures fell amid indications that plants in eastern growing areas are less affected by disease than traders thought.

44.   While some nail problems are characteristic of underlying health problems, how a diseases specifically affects the nails is not always clear, says Sober.

45.   Concerns intensified that the disease could affect feed consumption throughout Europe.

46.   Foot and mouth disease affects cloven and hoofed animals, eroding the skin on tongue and lips, causing lesions on feet and infecting udders.

47.   Foot and mouth disease affects cloven-hoofed animals, including sheep.

48.   Food and mouth disease affects cloven and hoofed animals, eroding the skin on tongue and lips, causing lesions on feet and infecting udders.

49.   If Mad Cow disease does not affect humans, most other effects will prove temporary, the FAO said.