title: 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 (Ovis dalli), and musk-ox (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.
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001188:Artiodactyla; D003670:Deer / Q000276:immunology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004474:Ecthyma, Contagious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006041:Goats; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D009923:Orf virus / Q000276:immunology*; D011212:Poxviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral