Spread of Goat Pox
Goat pox is found in the part of Africa north of the equator, the Middle East, Central Asia and India. It may be spread between animals by:
- Direct contact
- Indirect transmission by contaminated implements, vehicles or products such as litter or fodder
- Indirect transmission by insects (mechanical vectors).
- Contamination by inhalation, intradermal or subcutaneous inoculation, or by respiratory, transcutaneous and transmucosal routes
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