Cutaneous bovine papillomatosis in the Sudan: detection of the group-specific virus antigen in warts from affected cattle

Abstract

This paper records the first identification of bovine papillomatosis virus in the Sudan. Outbreaks of the disease involved 50 p. 100 of the calves aging between three months and two years in 2 farms at Khartoum Province, Sudan. Both indigenous and exotic breeds were involved. The disease was successfully reproduced in calves and the virus group-specific antigen was detected in warts from affected animals, using the peroxidase anti-peroxidase (PAP) technique.