Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Outbreak of contagious ecthyma caused by Orf virus (Parapoxvirus ovis) in a vaccinated sheep flock in Uruguay.
- Journal:
- Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]
- Year:
- 2019
- Authors:
- da Costa, Ricardo Almeida et al.
- Affiliation:
- Plataforma de Investigació
Abstract
Orf virus (ORFV) causes contagious ecthyma (CE), a highly transmissible, zoonotic disease of small ruminants. CE most commonly affects lambs and unvaccinated sheep. This work reports epidemiologic, clinicopathologic, and virologic findings in a CE outbreak in a vaccinated sheep flock in Uruguay and failure to detect ORFV in a commercial vaccine.
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