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In the event of an FMD outbreak, there is limited veterinary capacity to sample all animals in the control zones. Thus, environmental sampling methods (shoe booties, ropes, and environmental swabs) were assessed and compared to direct animal sampling for experimentally infected cattle and swine. Environmental sampling methods such as shoe booties were sufficient to identify FMDV by reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and nanopore sequencing, similarly to oral swabs collected from animals. Furthermore, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based point-of-care test produced by ZiP Diagnostics was able to rapidly detect FMDV from clinical and environmental samples with Cq values of 30 or less. This study demonstrates a proof of concept that shoe booties can be used to detect FMDV in animal pens prior to the onset of clinical signs in animals. 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