›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 178-181.

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The Diagnosis of Sheep Pox

ZHANG Jian-yun1, REN Ni2, LI You-wen2   

  1. 1. College of Life Science, Tarim University, Alar 843300,China;
    2. College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alar 843300,China
  • Received:2012-12-06 Online:2012-06-20 Published:2012-07-02

Abstract: Sheep pox is caused by the sheep pox virus disease, characterized by fever, body skin smallpox, gut mucosal nodules (especially lung).Sheep pox is one of the most serious infectious diseases that against sheep industry.It often results in infection or death of large numbers of sheep, the mortality up to 50%(100% lamb). Thus, the disease to the sheep industry is not only a huge economic losses, but also a serious impediment to the sheep industry to increase production. This paper is aimed at some sheep households in some district of Xinjiang, where a outbreak of sheep pox occurred in January 2011, we have made epidemiological investigation,clinical symptoms,pathological changes observed and laboratory diagnosis and confirmed it was caused by sheep pox.

Key words: sheep pox; epidemiology; clinical features; pathological autopsy; diagnosis

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