Systematic Veterinary Virology

STRAINS AND SEROTYPES

• Both sheeppox and goatpox are caused by strains of capripoxvirus, all of which can infect sheep and goats, and although most of the strains examined cause more severe clinical disease in either sheep or goats, some strains have been isolated that are equally pathogenic in both species.
• It has been proposed that the malignant pox diseases of sheep and goats caused by capripoxvirus and including Kenyan sheep and goat pox, Indian goat dermatitis and north African stone pox of sheep and goats be referred to as capripox. Some of the common sheeppox virus strains are Ranipet, Jaipur, Kenyan etc.