title: [Large outbreak of malignant catarrhal fever in cattle].
abstract: The prevalence of clinical malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is low in the Netherlands, and at a farm level the disease is usually restricted to a single animal. This casereport describes an outbreak of MCF that killed 18 animals (39% of the cattle on the farm). The probable source of infection were 10 hand-reared lambs that were on the farm for a few months.
authors.affiliation: l.v.wuyckhuise@gddeventer.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Wuijckhuise-Sjouke
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Knibbe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008304:Malignant Catarrh / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*