In 1898 Friedrich Loeffler and Paul Frosch found evidence that the cause of the highly contagious hoof-and-mouth disease in livestock was a microscopic infectious particle. It was discovered that this particle requires a host cell to reproduce. Which pathogen is most likely responsible for causing the hoof-and-mouth disease in livestock? Your answer: A virus because it requires a jost cell to reproduce B protist because it is microscopic C fungus because it infects livestock