Causation and epidemiological features of proliferative lip and facial lesions in Lao goats.

P P Jayasekara, C Jenkins, P D Kirkland, P F Gerber, L Olmo, T Xaikhue, W Theppangna, S W Walkden-Brown

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P P JayasekaraSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia. pjayasek@myune.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-4528-7344

C JenkinsMicrobiology and Parasitology, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5966-072X

P D KirklandVirology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8026-4185

P F GerberSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8343-8299

L OlmoSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8175-8216

T XaikhueSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.

W TheppangnaNational Animal Health Laboratory, Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane, Lao PDR.

S W Walkden-BrownSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-5533

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Abstract

Past surveys and studies have identified a syndrome of lip and facial dermatitis as common in Lao goats and identified Orf virus (ORFV) as the likely cause. To more definitively determine the cause of this syndrome, a matched case-control study was implemented in 70 smallholder goat farms and a large-scale goat holding from Savannakhet province, Laos. Forty-one scab samples from goats with lip and facial dermatitis (cases) and 41 paired samples from unaffected animals (controls) were collected from 31 goat holdings over 12 months. Samples were tested using quantitative PCR assays targeting possible pathogens causing such lesions. The prevalence of PCR-positive samples in case and control goats was 100% and 95.1%, respectively, for ORFV (P = 0.15) and 19.5% and 29.3% (P = 0.3) for Dermatophilus congolensis. Pseudocowpox virus and bovine popular stomatitis virus were not detected in any samples. There was a clear difference between the log

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DermatitisEcthyma, ContagiousFacial DermatosesGoat DiseasesLip DiseasesOrf virusAnimalsCase-Control StudiesFaceFemaleGoatsLaosLipMalePrevalenceCase-control studyGoatsLaosOrf virusPCRSmallholder

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PMID41144083

DOI10.1007/s11250-025-04697-w

PMCPMC12559162

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