Archive Case #121: Caprine Contagious Ecthyma

Clinical Clues

1. Young goat kids develop painful lesions around the mouth.
2. Several are reluctant to nurse, but most remain bright.
3. The lesions become thick, crusted, and proliferative around the lips and nostrils.
4. More than one animal in the group is affected.
5. The pattern fits a contagious parapoxvirus disease of small ruminants.
6. Contagious ecthyma commonly causes proliferative mouth lesions in young goats.

Diagnosis

Caprine Contagious Ecthyma

This case is most consistent with Caprine Contagious Ecthyma because the kids have classic painful proliferative crusts around the mouth with group spread. The most important clues are the age group and lesion pattern, which strongly support orf.

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