Orf in sheep

ORF or contagious ecthyma or sore mouth is a contagious viral disease of sheep, goats, and other ruminant animals. The disease causes severe economic loss of sheep farms by spreading rapidly to the herd, production loss, and treatment cost. The disease...
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Soremouth is the most common skin disease affecting sheep and goats. It is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus in the "pox" family. Soremouth goes by many names including contagious ecthyma, (contagious) pustular dermatitis, and orf....
Orf is also known as Contagious Pustular Dermatitis, Contagious Ecthyma. Orf is a highly contagious condition found in sheep and goats which is an eruptive skin condition, there have been cases reported of other ruminants and mammals with the orf...
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Orf virus is a member of the parapoxvirus genus in the Poxvirus family. This virus primarily causes an infection in sheep and goats, although it can be transmitted to people. Orf virus infection in animals is commonly referred to as sore mouth, scabby...
Orf is a highly contagious eruptive skin condition of sheep and goats, but various other ruminants and mammals have been reported to be infected as well. It affects mainly young animals in the first year of their life and the more serious outbreaks are...
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Humans. Orf is a zoonotic disease, meaning humans can contract this disorder through direct contact with infected sheep and goats or with fomites carrying the orf virus. It causes a purulent-appearing papule locally and generally no systemic symptoms....
Orf is a contagious disease of sheep caused by a pox virus. It can affect other species less commonly including man. Infected animals often recover in a period of weeks though carrier sheep may harbour infection and act as a source for other animals for...
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Introduction. Orf also known as sore mouth, contagious ecthyma (CE) or contagious pustular dermatitis is an acute, highly contagious, and economically important viral disease of small ruminants (Gelaye et al. 2016).The disease is caused by orf virus...
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Contagious pustular dermatitis virus most commonly results in proliferative lesions at the hoof/horn junction and on the lips/gums. The proportion of the flock affected can be high but mortality in uncomplicated cases is low. Lesions persist for four to...
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Orf, also known as ecthyma contagiosum, contagious pustular dermatitis, infectious labial dermatitis, scabby mouth, or sore mouth, is a viral disease first described in humans in 1934 by Newson and Cross. [ 1] It is endemic in sheep and goat herds...
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