Contagious Ecthyma (ORF) In The Musk Ox (Ovibos Moschatus)
In 1969 25 musk ox calves were captured in Greenland and brought to Norway. The animals were kept on a farm at Bardu in the northern part of the country. In this herd a serious outbreak of contagious ecthyma occurred. This disease has quite recently been observed in musk ox also in Alaska (White, pe...
| Published in: | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
1978
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366320/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/569431 https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547615 |
| Summary: | In 1969 25 musk ox calves were captured in Greenland and brought to Norway. The animals were kept on a farm at Bardu in the northern part of the country. In this herd a serious outbreak of contagious ecthyma occurred. This disease has quite recently been observed in musk ox also in Alaska (White, personal communication 1978). |
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