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Malignant Catarrhal Fever Virus (view source)
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*Clinical signs in cattle: [[Image:MCF2.gif|right|thumb|125px|<small><center>Fissures on tongue (no vesicles) in MCF (Courtesy of Alun Williams (RVC))</center></small>]]
*Clinical signs in cattle: [[Image:MCF2.gif|right|thumb|125px|<small><center>Fissures on tongue (no vesicles) in MCF (Courtesy of Alun Williams (RVC))</center></small>]]
**Necrotising lesions in upper respiratory tract and eye: conjunctivitis and corneal oedema / opacity (keratitis or "blue eye" - characteristic feature)
**Necrotising lesions in upper respiratory tract and eye: conjunctivitis and corneal oedema / opacity (keratitis or "blue eye" - characteristic feature)
**Fever and [[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|diarrhoea]] with severe oculo-nasal discharge
**Fever and [[Diarrhoea|diarrhoea]] with severe oculo-nasal discharge
**Not eating, dull with ulcers on muzzle may spread to rest of face with brown exudate
**Not eating, dull with ulcers on muzzle may spread to rest of face with brown exudate
**Ulcers also on tongue, dental pad, and cheeks that regularly become secondarily infected
**Ulcers also on tongue, dental pad, and cheeks that regularly become secondarily infected