SEROLOGIC AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CONTAGIOUS ECTHYMA IN ALASKA

Abstract
Serologic evidence of contagious ecthyma (CE) was found in domestic sheep (Ovis aries), domestic goats (Capra hircus), Dall sheep (O. dalli) and muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in Alaska. A moose (Alces alces) calf and a caribou (Rangifer tarandus) fawn were susceptible to experimental infection and both developed antibody titers as a result. CE virus was isolated from lesions of Dall sheep which were involved in a natural outbreak of the disease.

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