Case Reports: Clinical features and postmorteum findings of sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever in a 2-years old bull

Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) is a fatal lymphoproliferative disease of cattle and other ungulates caused by alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) ovine 2 (OvHV-2), the main causative agents wildebeest-associated MCF (WA-MCF) sheep-associated (SA-MCF), respectively. The virus mainly spread aerosols from pregnant or newborn sheep, goats, wildebeest to susceptible animals. This case report presents clinical features post-mortem findings an unusual malignant catarrhal fever in two-year-old bull brought Professor Feseha Gebreab Memorial Veterinary Teaching Hospital Bishoftu, Ethiopia. was semi-intensively managed, co-housed, fed with sheep domestic animal shivering upon arrival, naso-ocular discharge clouding eyes. febrile, rectal body temperature 41.4 oC respiratory heart rate 40 48 beats per minute, On physical examination, emaciated, bilateral yellowish mucopurulent discharge, frequent blinking, corneal opacity, salivation, foamy mouth, head pressing, enlargement superficial lymph nodes. suspected based on history signs, empiric therapy 10% oxytetracycline, diclofenac, IV fluid initiated. died after receiving third day treatment. At necropsy, hemorrhages were found esophagus, trachea, small large intestines. In kidney, white foci, enlargement, fatty degeneration observed. An ulcerated lesion seen abomasum. gall bladder, vascularization also noted. current confirms rare SA-MCF history, exhibited pictures, findings, PCR results. Separation strongly advised prevent SA-MCF, as no vaccine has yet been developed.