This booklet contains a series of photographs which illustrate the lesions of Foot and Mouth disease in livestock, from their initial appearance until their regression and healing. It is intended to assist veterinarians carrying out clinical inquiries to estimate the age of the lesions. The photographs were taken at the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright and the booklet was compiled in collaboration with the Veterinary Exotic Diseases Division and the State Veterinary Service. Particular acknowledgement is made to Dr Alex Donaldson who compiled the booklet and to Jennifer Ryder for the photographs.

Body condition is a term used to signify the body reserves present in an individual animal. An animal's body condition indicates the amount of lipid (fat) and protein (muscle) reserves that are available for maintenance, reproduction and production. Body Condition Scoring is an important tool for livestock managers or producers to optimize the production (meat and milk), feeding program, reproduction and welfare of the animals. Scoring is based on determining the amount of muscle and fat over and around the vertebrae. Scoring is performed in goats using a BCS ranging from 1.0 to 5.0, with 0.5 increments. It is helpful to detect changes and sudden losses in condition which are difficult to observe from the external appearance of animal. BCS is used for evaluating the current and past feeding program, judging the health status of individual animals. BCS is a simple but useful procedure, which can help producers make management decisions regarding the quality and quantity of feed needed to optimize production and reproduction thus can play an important role in goat marketing.

L ivestock is an indispensable sector of the economy of Bangladesh that plays a vital role in sustaining rural economic growth.Approximately 1.90% of gross domestic product (GDP) is derived from livestock industry (BBS, 2022).Among the various livestock species, buffalo is one of the most important and is widely distributed throughout the country (Rahman et al., 2018).The whole buffalo inhabitants in Bangladesh are 1.471 million, which