title: An epizootic of bovine malignant catarrh in Malaysia.
abstract: A severe epizootic of bovine malignant catarrh occurred from November 1976 until June 1977 in cattle at an agricultural institute in peninsular Malaysia. In a group of 82 Kedah-Kelantan cattle the morbidity rate was 47.6 per cent with a fatality rate of 89.7 per cent. In a group of 43 local Indian dairy cattle the morbidity rate was 23.3 per cent with a fatality rate of 100 per cent. Although evidence suggested that sheep acted as a common source of infection, the disease occurred in one animal which had no contact with sheep but had contact with infected cattle and carcases.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002417:Cattle; D008296:Malaysia; D008304:Malignant Catarrh / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology