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Research Project: Identification of Host Factors and Immunopathogenesis of Pneumonia in Domestic and Bighorn Sheep

Location: Animal Disease Research

Title: Chapter 61: Caprine arthritis-encephalitis

Author
item MURPHY, BRIAN - University Of California, Davis
item KNOWLES, DONALD - Washington State University
item Highland, Margaret

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/18/2018
Publication Date: 9/20/2018
Citation: Murphy, B., Knowles, D., Highland, M.A. 2018. Caprine arthritis-encephalitis. Anipedia-Infectious Diseases of Livestock. Available: https://www.anipedia.org/resources/caprine-arthritis-encephalitis/1027.

Interpretive Summary: This is an informational chapter on Caprine arthritis-encephalitis, a viral disease of goats, written for Infectious Diseases of Livestock by ANIPEDIA. This chapter provides current/updated information on this virus and the disease entities that it causes. This chapter describes aetiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, pathology, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and control of infection.

Technical Abstract: Caprine arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) is a persistent, progressive and multisystemic disease of goats caused by the lentivirus caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV). CAE is present in goat populations in many parts of the world, and the prevalence of infection may reach over 80 per cent in some countries. This is an informational chapter on CAE, written for Infectious Diseases of Livestock by ANIPEDIA. This chapter provides current/updated information on this virus and the disease entities that it causes. The chapter describes the aetiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, pathology, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and control of infection. The chapter also provides a long list of relevant references.