:Farmyard pox

{{short description|Viral disease}}

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| image = Orf virus infection on thumb.jpg

| caption = Orf - a type of farmyard pox (thumb with two denuded orf lesions, following a bite by a sheep)

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| field =Infectious diseases

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| types =Bovine papular stomatitis, orf, milker's nodule

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Farmyard pox is a group of closely related Parapoxviruses of sheep and cattle that can cause bovine papular stomatitis, orf and milker's nodule in humans.{{cite book |last1=James |first1=William D. |last2=Elston |first2=Dirk |last3=Treat |first3=James R. |last4=Rosenbach |first4=Misha A. |last5=Neuhaus |first5=Isaac |title=Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology |date=2020 |publisher=Elsevier |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-0-323-54753-6 |page=389 |edition=13th |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UEaEDwAAQBAJ&dq=human&pg=PA389 |language=en |chapter=19. Viral diseases }}