Orf or contagious ecthyma is one of the contagious viral diseases responsible for economic
losses to the countries rearing sheep and goats. This disease is characterized by its peculiar …

Orf (contagious ecthyma) is an exanthematic disease caused by a parapoxvirus and occurs
primarily in sheep and goats with zoonotic implications. In the present investigation, an orf …

Featuring contributions from specialists in related research areas, this book presents expert
summaries on state-of-the-art diagnostic approaches for major animal viral pathogens, with …

Both conventional and real time PCR (rt-PCR) assays based on the amplification of a 103bp
fragment from the DNA polymerase (DNA pol) gene (conserved, non-structural) of Orf virus …

Two outbreaks of orf virus (ORFV)(a parapoxvirus) infection in goats, which occurred in
Golaghat and Kamrup districts of Assam, a northeastern part of India, were investigated. The …

Orf is a non-systemic, ubiquitous disease of sheep and goats caused by the orf virus
(ORFV). ORFV occasionally causes cutaneous lesions in humans in contact with infected …

Orf, caused by orf virus (ORFV), is an important zoonotic disease that infects goat and
sheep, leading to huge economic losses. ORFV can also cause cutaneous lesions in people …

The authors describe the isolation and identification of orf virus (ORFV) from an outbreak in
a flock of sheep at Mukteswar, Uttarakhand, India, in 2009. The causative agent, ORFV was …

Abstract Background The Orf virus (ORFV) is the prototype of the parapoxvirus genus and it
primarily causes contagious ecthyma in goats, sheep, and other ruminants worldwide. In this …

The complete nucleotide sequence of the A32L gene (named after vaccinia virus,
corresponding with open reading frame 108 of the orf virus and encoding an ATPase) of the …