INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 1

Clinical Management of Contagious Ecthyma in Caprine

  • Author:
  • Dushyant Dogra1, Shriya Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 17 to 18

1Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Hospital, Department of Animal Husbandry, Garh, Palampur

Veterinary Hospital, Department of Animal Husbandry, Garh, Palampur-176061 (Himachal Pradesh)

*Corresponding author: E-mail: 1994shriyagupta@gmail.com

Online published on 17 January, 2022.

Abstract

Two goats and four kids were presented with history of anorexia, pyrexia, nasal discharge, lameness and skin lesions. Physical examination revealed presence of scabby lesions on mouth, mucous membrane of lips and gums and on ventral part of body and udder. Animals were treated with antibiotics and topical therapy till clinical recovery. Contagious ecthyma was diagnosed based on clinical signs and symptoms.

Keywords

Anorexia, Goat, Kid, Orf, Scabby