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**The scabs are smaller and thinner and lighter and usually yellowish in color, with crusts not firmly attached
**The scabs are smaller and thinner and lighter and usually yellowish in color, with crusts not firmly attached
*Foot and mouth disease: When lesions occur in the mouth
*Foot and mouth disease: When lesions occur in the mouth
*[[Poxviridae]] infection
*Quite a common '''zoonotic''' disease
=====Clinical=====
*In sheep produces a proliferative nodule/papular mass on [[Lips - Anatomy & Physiology|lips]]
*In flocks in which it is endemic it is seen in lamb
*If flock is non-immune seen in ewes too but much worse in lambs (may spread to inside of mouth)
*Can spread to udder of ewe
=====Pathology=====
Papular proliferative pathology
*Poxvirus infections produce local infection of [[prickle cells]] in epithelium with proliferation of cells and formation of papule followed by ulceration / necrosis and covered by necrotic epithelium
*Eventually scabs form and crust drops off
*Scabs - very infectious ( N.B.if touch -> catch it)
====Control====
====Control====
*In an outbreak, all lambs can be vaccinated
*In an outbreak, all lambs can be vaccinated
[[Category:Poxviridae]][[Category:Sheep]][[Category:Goat]][[Category:Zoonoses]]
[[Category:Poxviridae]][[Category:Sheep]][[Category:Goat]][[Category:Zoonoses]]
[[Category:Oral_Cavity_-_Proliferative_Pathology]]