Case Report

Molluscum contagiosum in a horse

I. B.J. Van Rensburg, M. G. Collett, N. Ronen, Truuske Gerdes
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 62, No 2 | a1596 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v62i2.1596 | © 2020 I. B.J. Van Rensburg, M. G. Collett, N. Ronen, Truuske Gerdes | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 31 August 2017 | Published: 30 June 1991

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I. B.J. Van Rensburg, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
M. G. Collett, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
N. Ronen, Department of Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Truuske Gerdes, Section of Virology, Veterinary Research Institute, South Africa

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Abstract

An adult stallion presented with a severe papular dermatitis of especially the neck, chest and genitalia. A marked scrotal oedema was present. Histopathological examination of skin biopsies, revealed the presence of numerous intracytoplasmic molluscum bodies in areas of focal epidermal hyperplasia. Electron microscopical examination showed the presence of typical pox virions in affected epidermal cells. Attempts at viral isolation were unsuccessful. This is believed to be the first reported case of molluscum contagiosum in a horse in the Republic of South Africa.

Keywords

pox virus; horse pox; molluscum contagiosum; Uasin Gishu disease; equine

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