As spring season progresses, more livestock producers will be hosting various club lamb and show goat sales. As animals from different producers comingle for the first time at their new homes, the ...

Orf virus (ORFV) is the prototype species of the genus Parapoxvirus, a member of the Poxviridae family that causes contagious ecthyma in sheep, goats and, occasionally, humans. The virus is ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Old MacDonald’s Farm at Bever Park in Cedar Rapids will be closed Thursday and Friday after a goat at the farm was diagnosed with orf, a viral infection known as “sore mouth.” The ...

BETWEEN January 1964 and March 1965 seven farm workers on six Dorset farms developed lesions on the hand or forearm which were diagnosed as clinically typical orf infections. Material from each ...

Orf remains widespread across UK sheep flocks, with new research suggesting the disease continues to carry both economic and welfare impacts for farmers. A study by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), ...