Contagious ecthyma outbreak among goats at Nilgiri hills
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2017
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Contagious ecthyma is a highly contagious viral disease of sheep and goats, caused by Parapoxvirus. In the present
outbreak over a range of 3 km radius in a hamlet near Ooty town in the Nilgiris hills, a total of 174 out of 194 non-descript
goats were clinically affected with the symptoms of pyrexia (40°C), anorexia, depression, proliferative scab lesions on the
skin around the mouth, oral commissures and nostrils.
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Veterinary Science, Veterinary Public Health