Open AccessDIAGNOSIS OF ORF IN WEST AFRICAN DWARF GOATS IN UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA
Author(s) -
Adeyina Jeremy Adedeji,
Nanven A. Maurice,
Yiltawe Wungak,
Jolly Amoche Adole,
Nneka Chineze Chima,
Timothy Yusufu Woma,
A.A. Chukwuedo,
David Shamaki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
african journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2505-0419
pISSN - 2006-0165
DOI - 10.21010/ajid.v11i2.12
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , tongue , lymph node , nose , veterinary medicine , pathology , surgery
Sixty (60) male West African Dwarf goats were reported with clinical signs of enlarged lymph nodes, scabs on the mouth, nose and ears. Two of the goats died and post mortem examination reveals enlarged submandibular lymph nodes and vesicular lesions on the tongue. Clinical diagnosis of Orf has been reported in Nigeria but this report is the confirmatory diagnosis of Orf in a suspected outbreak in an experimental farm in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria using molecular techniques.
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