| Sheeppox virus | |
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| Bacilli of malignant edema and in cornea of pox in sheep | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
| Class: | Pokkesviricetes |
| Order: | Chitovirales |
| Family: | Poxviridae |
| Genus: | Capripoxvirus |
| Species: | Sheeppox virus
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sheep pox virus | |
Sheeppox (or sheep pox, known as variola ovina in Latin, clavelée in French, Pockenseuche in German) is a highly contagious disease of sheep caused by a poxvirus different from the benign orf (or contagious ecthyma). This virus is in the family Poxviridae and genus Capripoxvirus. Sheeppox virus (SPV) is the most severe of all the animal pox diseases and can result in some of the most significant economic consequences due to poor wool and leather quality.[2][3]
Goatpox is a similar disease of goats, caused by a virus antigenically distinct from sheeppox virus.
- ^ 1ICTV 5thReportFrancki, R. I. B., Fauquet, C. M., Knudson, D. L. & Brown, F. (eds)(1991). Classification and nomenclature of viruses. Fifthreport of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Archives of Virology Supplementum 2, 452 pp. https://ictv.global/ictv/proposals/ICTV%205th%20Report.pdf
- ^ D.C. Blood; J.A. Henderson; O.M. Radostits (1979). Veterinary Medicine (5th ed.). London: Baillière Tindall. pp. 708–709 (Sheeppox and goatpox). ISBN 978-0-7020-0718-7.
- ^ Tulman, E. R.; Afonso, C. L.; Lu, Z.; Zsak, L.; Sur, J.-H.; Sandybaev, N. T.; Kerembekova, U. Z.; Zaitsev, V. L.; Kutish, G. F. (June 2002). "The Genomes of Sheeppox and Goatpox Viruses". Journal of Virology. 76 (12): 6054–6061. doi:10.1128/JVI.76.12.6054-6061.2002. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 136203. PMID 12021338.