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SUBMITTER: Sevik M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5684995 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Virusdisease 20170822 3
Orf virus (ORFV) is the etiological agent of contagious pustular dermatitis and can cause skin disease in sheep and goats. In this study, two outbreaks of ORFV infection in goats in the Central Anatolian region of Turkey were investigated. Samples were collected from 1- to 4-month-old kids (n = 9) in two different flocks in the Aksaray and Konya Provinces during the months of March and May 2016. The presence of ORFV in suspected samples was confirmed by PCR using primers specific to envelope gen ...[more]