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| genus              = ''[[Biology:Parapoxvirus|Parapoxvirus]]''
| species            = '''''Pseudocowpox virus'''''
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'''Pseudocowpox''' is a disease caused by ''Pseudocowpox virus'', (also known as "Paravaccinia") a [[Biology:Virus|virus]] of the family ''[[Biology:Poxviridae|Poxviridae]]'' and the genus ''[[Biology:Parapoxvirus|Parapoxvirus]]''.<ref name="Andrews">{{cite book |author1=James, William D. |author2=Berger, Timothy G. |title=Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology |publisher=Saunders Elsevier |location= |year=2006 |pages= |isbn=978-0-7216-2921-6 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=|display-authors=0}}</ref>{{Rp|393}}  Pseudocowpox is a worldwide disease of [[Biology:Cattle|cattle]].  Symptoms include ring or horseshoe shaped scabs on the [[Biology:Teat|teat]]s, which usually heal within six weeks.<ref name=Fenner_1993>{{cite book|author1=Fenner, Frank J. |author2=Gibbs, E. Paul J. |author3=Murphy, Frederick A. |author4=Rott, Rudolph |author5=Studdert, Michael J. |author6=White, David O. |title=Veterinary Virology (2nd ed.)|publisher=Academic Press, Inc|year=1993|isbn=978-0-12-253056-2}}</ref>  Lesions may also develop on the muzzles and in the mouths of nursing calves.  Spread is by [[Medicine:Fomite|fomite]]s, including hands, calves' mouths, and milking machines.

Lesions may also appear on the hands of milkers, a clinical presentation known as Milker's Nodule. This disease in humans is nearly identical to [[Medicine:Orf (disease)|orf]].<ref name=Carter>{{cite web|author1=Carter, G.R. |author2=Wise, D.J. |year=2006|title=Poxviridae|work=A Concise Review of Veterinary Virology| url=http://www.ivis.org/advances/Carter/Part2Chap10/chapter.asp?LA=1|accessdate=2006-06-13}}</ref>

== See also ==
* Farmyard pox

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|  eMedicineSubj  = article 
|  eMedicineTopic = 1132823 
|  MeshID         = D011213
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{{Viral cutaneous conditions}}

[[Category:Chordopoxvirinae]]
[[Category:Animal virology]]



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