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Parapox vs Orf - What's the difference?

parapox | orf |

As nouns the difference between parapox and orf

is that parapox is a disease caused by a parapoxvirus; found chiefly in cows, sheep, goats, and squirrels while orf is (obsolete) cattle or orf can be (label) an exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans or orf can be (the fish).

parapox

English

Noun

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  • A disease caused by a parapoxvirus; found chiefly in cows, sheep, goats, and squirrels
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 7, Marlena Spieler, Saving a Squirrel by Eating One, New York Times, url=
    • , passage=The grays take over the reds' habitat, eat voraciously and harbor a virus named squirrel parapox (harmless to humans) that does not harm grays but can devastate reds. }}

    See also

    *(Parapoxvirus)

    orf

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (genetics) open reading frame

    • See also

    * NURF

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