Poxviridae - Parapoxviruses Flashcards
What are the three parapoxviruses?
1) Pseudocowpox (humans, cattle)
2) Contagious Ecthyma/Orf Virus (sheep, goats, humans)
3) Bovine Papular Stomatitis Virus (cattle, humans)
What type of clinical signs do you see with pseudocowpox in cows?
Mild sores on the udders of cattle.
What is the common name of pseudocowpox in humans?
Milker’s nodule
Where is pseudocowpox epidemic?
Reported in most countries
What is the source of transmission of pseudocowpox?
Infected cattle
How can pseudocowpox be transmitted?
- Contaminated milker’s hands/teat cups
- Biting insects
- Calves can get infected transmammary
- Semen of bulls
What is the pathogenesis of pseudocowpox?
Lesions are characterized by hyperplasia of squamous epithelium.
What are the clinical signs of pseudocowpox?
Infections are generally mild.
Up to 10 lesions on one teat.
What do acute lesions of pseudocowpox look like?
Thick scab .5 to 25cm in diameter becomes elevated due to accumulation of granulation tissue.
After 7-10 days, the scab drops off, leaving a horseshoe-shaped ring of small scabs surrounding a small wart-like granuloma.
What do chronic lesions of pseudocowpox look like?
Yellow-gray, soft scabs that are rubbed off during milking.
Skin is corrugated.
No pain.
Lesions for months.
How is pseudocowpox diagnoses?
Horseshoe-shaped ring like lesion are pathognomic for the disease.
Can also isolate from vesicular fluid or teat skin.
What are the DDXes vs. pseudocowpox?
How do you treat pseudocowpox?
Removal of scabs
Burn the scabs to prevent environmental contamination
Application of an emollient ointment before or astringent after milking.
How do you prevent pseudocowpox?
Disinfection with an iodophor teat dip.
Isolation and treatment of affected cows
Reduce teat trauma
What are the synonyms for Contagious Ecthyma?
ORF
Scabby Mouth
Sore Mouth
Contagious Pustular Dermatitis