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Unusual presentations of cowpox infection in cats
Author(s) -
Godfrey D. R.,
Blundell C. J.,
Essbauer S.,
Pfeffer M.,
Shearer D. H.,
REST J. R.,
Baker J. F. M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2004.tb00225.x
Subject(s) - cowpox virus , cowpox , medicine , cats , poxviridae , presentation (obstetrics) , virology , dermatology , pathology , vaccinia , surgery , biology , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
Cowpox virus infections are reported typically to cause focal ulcerated, crusted skin lesions, sometimes with mild systemic illness and concurrent oral lesions. Severe systemic illness usually only occurs in young or immunosuppressed individuals. This report describes four cases of cowpox infection in cats which illustrate variations to the usual presentation of the virus. The poxvirus infections were confirmed histopathologically, serologically and by PCR analysis.