Orf virus infection in Alaskan mountain goats, Dall’s sheep, muskoxen, caribou and Sitka black-tailed deer

• Published in: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
• Main Authors: Tryland, Morten, Beckmen, Kimberlee B., Burek-Huntington, Kathleen, Breines, Eva Marie, Klein, Joern
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Alaska; Caribou; Contagious ecthyma; Dall’s sheep; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske; odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710::Medisinsk mikrobiologi: 715; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical; dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710::Medical microbiology: 715; Deer; Mountain goat; Muskox; Parapoxvirus; Virology; Wildlife; Zoonosis; Nares; muskox; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12570; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-018-0366-8

Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-018-0366-8 Background: The zoonotic Orf virus (ORFV; genus Parapoxvirus, Poxviridae family) occurs worldwide and is transmit‑ted between sheep and goats, wildlife and man. Archived tissue samples from 16 Alaskan wildlife cases, representing mountain goat (O...