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  2. Orf (disease) - Wikipedia

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    Generally, once infected, treatment options are limited. [4] Injecting the lesion with cidofovir or applying imiquimod has been studied. [4] However, it is sometimes required to excise the pustules.. [4] The vaccine used in sheep to prevent orf is live and has been known to cause disease in humans. [4] The disease is endemic in livestock herds ...

  3. Dermatophilus congolensis - Wikipedia

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    Humans can also get this skin disease if elementary hygiene measures are not observed after dealing with infected animals. This dermatologic condition is known by many names - cutaneous streptotrichosis (on cattle, goats, and horses), rain scald (on horses), lumpy wool (on sheep), and strawberry foot rot. [1]

  4. List of infectious sheep and goat diseases - Wikipedia

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    Sheep and goats are both small ruminants with cosmopolitan distributions due to their being kept historically and in modern times as grazers both individually and in herds in return for their production of milk, wool, and meat. [1] As such, the diseases of these animals are of great economic importance to humans.

  5. Sheeppox - Wikipedia

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    Sheeppox virus (SPV) is the most severe of all the animal pox diseases and can result in some of the most significant economic consequences due to poor wool and leather quality. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Goatpox is a similar disease of goats , caused by a virus antigenically distinct from sheeppox virus .

  6. Variola caprina - Wikipedia

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    Variola caprina (goat pox) is a contagious viral disease caused by Goatpox virus, a pox virus that affects goats. The virus usually spreads via the respiratory system, and sometimes spreads through abraded skin. It is most likely to occur in crowded stock.

  7. Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    C. pseudotuberculosis causes a disease known as caseous lymphadenitis that most commonly affects small ruminants, such as goats and sheep. [9] [10] The disease often presents with pyogranulomatous abscess formation. [11] Abscessation can occur in numerous areas, but it most commonly affects the cutaneous region and superficial lymph nodes.

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  9. Streptococcus dysgalactiae - Wikipedia

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    The clinical presentation among invasive disease is also dominated by skin and soft tissue infections, including a small subset of patients presenting with severe necrotizing fasciitis. [1] [2] Moreover, it is an important cause of bone and joint infections, and this disease manifestation is reported to be increasing. [12]