| use of a polymerase chain reaction assay to detect bovine herpesvirus type 2 dna in skin lesions from cattle suspected to have pseudo-lumpy skin disease. | beef cattle from a herd in north alabama were examined because of an outbreak of nonfatal skin disease characterized by discrete circumscribed areas of inflammation that developed on the skin from the neck to the hips. areas of inflammation, which tended to be superficial, underwent necrosis and scabbed over. the scabs eventually dropped off leaving discrete, round, whitish, hairless lesions that were 1.2 to 2.5 cm diameter. because clinical signs were consistent with those expected with pseudo- ... | 2003 | 12762387 |