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Author(s)
Seyed Mohammad Barani1, Mohammad Reza Mohebbi2, Hamid Reza Varshovi3, Amir Niasari-Naslaji4, Mohammad Agha-Ebrahimian3 and Mohammad Hassan Ebrahimi-Jam3
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DOI:10.17265/2161-6256/2015.05.006
Affiliation(s)
1. Iran Veterinary Organization, Qom 3719713846, Iran
2. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran 1419963111, Iran
3. Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj 31975/148, Iran
4. Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran 1419963111, Iran
ABSTRACT
Camel contagious ecthyma
(CCE) has been reported in Mongolia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan. CCE is caused by
a Parapoxvirus affecting young animals
by producing lesions around the lips and nostrils. The generalized form of CCE
is uncommon. The aim of this study was to submit the first
report of contagious ecthyma in Iran and also to help clinician to diagnose
this disease with heavy economic losses easier. In
the paper, an outbreak of CCE in dromedary and bactrian camels in
Qom province of Iran was described and clinical signs were observed in one camel herd in
October 2009. Nodules and scabs from seven affected animals were collected for virus identification.
Total extracted DNA was used for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify a
fragment of Parapoxvirus B2L gene.
Results showed that camel calves (n = 27) less than one year old and one male bactrian camel
were affected (no adult female camels were found to be infected). The
prevalence of the disease in the herd, adult camels and camel calves was 30.33%,
1.5% and 100%, respectively.
Affected animals showed the swelling of head with nodular lesion around the lips.
It then developed to pustules and fissured crusts. Previous involvement with
this disease, history of contact with sheep or goats, food resources and season
all can have a role in epidemiology
of the disease.
KEYWORDS
Contagious ecthyma, first report, camel, Iran, PCR.
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