A Case of Contagious Ecthyma (Orf Virus) in a Nonmanipulated Laboratory Dorset Sheep (<i>Ovis aries</i>)

<table>Haired skin, lip commissure.  Epithelial hyperplasia (<svg height="7.9250002" id="M2" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 10.1 7.9250002" width="10.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>) with increased thickness up to 10 times normal (acanthosis) with prominent intracellular clear spaces/bridging (spongiosis), anastomosing rete ridges, and a vesicle (arrow).  Inset:  rarely keratinocytes contain one or more 2–10 µm round, brightly eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (arrowheads).  Hematoxylin and eosin stain, 20x objective.</table>

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Figure 5: A Case of Contagious Ecthyma (Orf Virus) in a Nonmanipulated Laboratory Dorset Sheep (<i>Ovis aries</i>) 

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A Case of Contagious Ecthyma (Orf Virus) in a Nonmanipulated Laboratory Dorset Sheep (Ovis aries)

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