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=Virus by Species=
 
=Virus by Species=
*[[Cow pox]], which also causes cat pox
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*[['''Cow pox''']], which also causes cat pox
 
*Small pox (variola)
 
*Small pox (variola)
*[[Orf]]
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*[['''Orf''']]
*Seal pox
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*'''Seal pox'''
*Pig pox
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**Skin and flipper infection of wild and captive seals
*Sheep/Goat pox (exotic to EU)
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*'''Pig pox'''
*[[Myxomatosis]]
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**'''Lice''' as vectors (passive host)
*Fowl pox
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**No vaccine
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*'''Capripox''' (exotic to EU)
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**Sheep and goats
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**Highly infectious (airborne and vector), with prolonged survival off the host
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**Often fatal with visceral necrotic lesions in addition to epidermal
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**Prevalent in Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Mediterranean
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**ZOONOTIC, vaccination annually
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*[['''Myxomatosis''']]
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*'''Fowl pox'''
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**Pox form on unfeathered skin
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**Disease of poor management
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**Scarification can produce partial immunity in chickens
 
*Pigeon pox
 
*Pigeon pox
 
*Canary pox
 
*Canary pox
*[[Ectromelia]]
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*'''Ectromelia'''
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**Affects mouse colonies
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**Largely eradicated by the use of specific pathogen free mice and rats
 
*Camel pox
 
*Camel pox
 
*Monkey pox
 
*Monkey pox
 
*Lumpy skin disease
 
*Lumpy skin disease
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**Subsaharan African cattle
 
*Red squirrel parapox
 
*Red squirrel parapox
 
*Red/Gray squirrel pox
 
*Red/Gray squirrel pox
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