| severe persistent orf in young goats. | orf (contagious ecthyma) is a viral disease of small and wild ruminants, humans, and less frequently other species. in sheep and goats, the disease is characterized by the formation of vesiculo-proliferative lesions in the skin of lips and nostril. here, a form of generalized orf in 16 goat kids from 2 different locations in west texas is described. the disease was characterized by multifocal, severe, proliferative dermatitis that persisted from about 2 months of age until the goat kids were eut ... | 2003 | 14535541 |