Outbreak of contagious ecthyma caused by Orf virus (Parapoxvirus ovis) in a vaccinated sheep flock in Uruguay
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DOI: 10.1007/s42770-019-00057-7
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… read more here.
Keywords: orf virus; sheep flock; contagious ecthyma; vaccinated sheep ... See more keywords