Virus, Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis

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Virus, Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis

A species of LENTIVIRUS, subgenus ovine-caprine lentiviruses (LENTIVIRUSES, OVINE-CAPRINE), closely related to VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS and causing acute encephalomyelitis, chronic arthritis, PNEUMONIA, MASTITIS, and GLOMERULONEPHRITIS in goats. It is transmitted mainly in the colostrum and milk.