Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Contagious ecthyma also known as orf is an acute, highly contagious and economically important viral disease of small ruminants. Clinically managing orf in animals is challenging due to the lack of a specific antiviral treatment for the infection. A female goat of 1.5 years presented with the history of inappetence, dull and depressed, nasal exudates, and proliferative skin lesions around the oral cavity and muzzle region. On clinical and physical examination, the characteristic lesions observed are suggestive of contagious ecthyma. The animal was treated with enrofloxacin (10mg/kg, IM), meloxicam (0.5mg/kg, IM) for 3 days and chlorpheniramine maleate (0.5 mg/kg, IM) for 3 days. The lesions were cleaned with a potassium permanganate solution and subsequently dressed with boroglyceride ointment topically. The animal showed improvement in its clinical condition, with complete recovery from the oral lesions after 11 days of treatment.
Authors: Mrinal Kumar Nath, Utpal Barman, Arup Das, Pallabi Devi, Mousumi Hazorika, Abhijit Deka, Kuntola Roy
Institution: Assam Agricultural University
Language: English
Subfield: Virology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Assam Agricultural University
OpenAlex ID: W4409191149