Other Animal Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and the USDA Reference Lab in Iowa have confirmed that malignant catarrhal fever [MCF] — also known as ovine herpesvirus-2 — is the cause of a recent die-off at a deer farm in North Alabama. MCF is a potentially fatal viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals like cattle, deer, and pigs.
The outbreak, which began in May [2014], has been contained to the one farm, and now that the cause has been determined preventative measures to stop the
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