Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF)

Braxton Sizemore and Juan Manuel Campos Krauer

Release Date: 3/3/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-vm269-2025

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Abstract

Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is a viral infection of a wide variety of ruminant species and, in rare cases, swine. This publication discusses common clinical signs of MCF as well as prevention and treatment of MCF infection. Written by Braxton Sizemore and Juan Manuel Campos Krauer, and published by the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, UF/IFAS Extension, February 2025.

About this Publication

This document is VM269, a publication of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2025 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

About the Authors

Braxton Sizemore, necropsy technician, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Cervidae Health Research Initiative; and Juan Manuel Campos Krauer, DVM, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF College of Veterinary Medicine; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Sizemore, B., & Campos Krauer, J. M. (2025). Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF). EDIS, 2025(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-vm269-2025

Authors

Braxton Sizemore

necropsy technician, Cervidae Health Research Initiative, UF College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Juan Campos Krauer

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University of Florida

professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and research and Extension veterinarian, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL

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