2023
DOI: 10.4314/evj.v27i2.10
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Case Reports: Clinical features and postmorteum findings of sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever in a 2-years old bull

Gishu Bariso,
Bethel Befekadu,
Abdi Feyisa

Abstract: Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) is a fatal lymphoproliferative disease of cattle and other ungulates caused by alcelaphine herpesvirus 1  (AlHV-1) and ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2), the main causative agents of wildebeest-associated MCF (WA-MCF) and sheep-associated MCF  (SA-MCF), respectively. The virus is mainly spread by aerosols from pregnant or newborn sheep, goats, and wildebeest to  susceptible animals. This case report presents the clinical features and post-mortem findings of an unusual case of maligna… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

0
0
0

Publication Types

Select...

Relationship

0
0

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 0 publications
references
References 8 publications
0
0
0
Order By: Relevance

No citations

Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?