POST - MORTEM OBSERVATIONS OF CAMEL POX - A CASE REPORT

摘要

Camel pox is a wide-spread infectious viral disease of camelids. It occurs throughout the Camel breeding areas of world causing economic impact through loss of production and sometimes death. The camel pox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, sub-family Chordopoxvirinae, genus Orthopoxvirus. The disease is characterised by fever, local or generalised pox lesions on the skin and mucous membranes of the trachea, oesophagus and lung. The clinical manifestations range from inapparent infection to mildand moderate. In some cases severe systemic infection and death. The disease occurs more frequently and severely in young animals. Transmission is by either direct contact between infected and susceptible animals or indirect infection via a contaminatedenvironment. The role of insects in the transmission has been suspected because the disease is often observed after rainfall (Wernery et al, 1997). Camel pox virus is very host specific and does not infect other animals but has been recently reported toinfect humans (Bera etal, 2011).