First report of camel contagious ecthyma in Nigeria. [PDF]
Open Vet J, 2018 Camel contagious ecthyma (CCE) is a viral disease of camelids that is caused by a Parapoxvirus (PPV) which is a DNA virus of the viral family: Poxviridae. Diseases affecting camels in Nigeria are scarcely reported. CCE or the laboratory detection of camel PPV (CPPV) has not been reported in Nigeria.
Adedeji AJ +3 more
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Phylogenetic Analysis of ORF Viruses From Five Contagious Ecthyma Outbreaks in Argentinian Goats [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Orf virus (ORFV) is the etiological agent of Contagious Ecthyma (CE) disease that mainly affects sheep, goats, wild ruminants, and humans with a worldwide distribution.
Andrea Peralta +2 more
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Identification and phylogenetic analysis of contagious ecthyma virus from camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Iran. [PDF]
Onderstepoort J Vet Res, 2017 Contagious ecthyma is a highly contagious disease affecting domestic and wild ruminants such as sheep, goats and camels. The identification and characterisation of a parapoxvirus (PPV) infecting camels is described here.
Oryan A +3 more
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Occurrence and identification of contagious ecthyma in blackbuck. [PDF]
Virusdisease, 2016 A carcass of male free ranging adult blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) was presented for necropsy examination exhibiting thick confluent nodular skin lesions around the mouth and the dry scaly crusts/fissures on the skin of abdomen, thigh and shoulder with subcutaneous haemorrhages.
Sharma AK +5 more
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First identification of ORF virus causing contagious ecthyma in Morocco (MOR20): Genomic, phylogenetic, and sequence variants analyses for vaccine design. [PDF]
PLoS OneThe ORF virus induces a zoonotic contagious ecthyma disease, affecting small ruminants such as sheep and goats. ORF virus has not been identified in Morocco, and there is no vaccination protocol against contagious ecthyma.
Elkarhat Z +4 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 Contagious ecthyma is a highly contagious, zoonotic, viral skin disease that affects sheep, goats and some other domesticated and wild animals. The skin lesions are painful and often occur on the mouth and muzzle, where they can cause anorexia or ...
R. Jason Thurman, R. Warne Fitch
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Molecular identification and investigations of contagious ecthyma (Orf virus) in small ruminants, North west Ethiopia. [PDF]
BMC Vet Res, 2018 Background Orf virus, the prototype of parapoxvirus, is the main causative agent of contagious ecthyma. Little is known about the status of the disease in Ethiopia and this study was aimed at determining its status using PCR as a confirmatory tool ...
Tedla M +4 more
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Seroprevalence of contagious ecthyma in goats of Assam: An analysis by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. [PDF]
Vet World, 2016 Aim: The objective of this study was to screen the prevalence of contagious ecthyma (CE) among the goat population of Assam owing to its high prevalence rate.
Bora M +4 more
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Journal of Virological Methods, 2006 A new polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid diagnosis of contagious ecthyma was designed and applied to 21 clinical samples from Greece.
Christine Kottaridi, Kyriaki Nomikou
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Contagious ecthyma in the live sheep export industry
Australian Veterinary Journal, 1996 Objective:To investigate control options for contagious ecthyma (scabby mouth) in Australian sheep exported live to the Middle East. Design:Prevalence, vaccination and modelling studies. Procedure:One hundred and forty weaner sheep (less than 1 year old) on each of 106 farms in Western Australia (WA) and 18 farm groups of adult wethers received at a ...
Higgs, A.R.B. +5 more
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