Malignant catarrhal fever

Foreign Animal Diseases

Authors

  • C. John Mare Department of Veterinary Science, University of Arizona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1980no15p179-181

Keywords:

cattle diseases, Diagnosis, Disease control, Disease transmission, immunity, Pathology, Reviews, Viral diseases, Foreign Animal Diseases

Abstract

Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF), also known as bovine malignant catarrh or snotsiekte, is an acute, usually fatal, generalized in disease of cattle and several species of wild ruminants. The disease is characterized by fever, catarrhal rhinitis and conjunctivitis, enlarged lymph nodes, and mortality of nearly 100 percent. The causative agent of at least one form of MCF is a herpesvirus.

The disease is worldwide in its distribution, but it is sporadic in its occurence.

Cover image of the 15th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: A photo of the two curved towers of Toronto City Hall as seen through a sculpture and immaculately manicured flowerbeds.

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Published

1980-11-01

How to Cite

Mare, C. J. (1980). Malignant catarrhal fever: Foreign Animal Diseases. The Bovine Practitioner, 1980(15), 179–181. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1980no15p179-181

Issue

No. 15 (1980 November)

Section

Articles