中文摘要：

绵羊痘是由绵羊痘病毒引起绵羊的疾病,其特征为发热、全身皮肤痘疹,内脏（特别是肺脏）黏膜结节,是危害养羊业最为严重的传染病之一。该病经常引起绵羊的大批感染或死亡,病死率可达50%以上,羔羊可达100%,不仅给养羊业带来巨大的经济损失,还严重阻碍了养羊业的发展。文章针对2011年1月份新疆某地区部分养羊户饲养的卡拉库尔羊发生的羊痘疫情进行了流行病学调查、临床症状、病理变化观察和实验室诊断,结果确诊为绵羊痘。

英文摘要：

Sheep pox is caused by the sheep pox virus disease, characterized by fever, body skin smallpox, gut mucosal nodules （especially lung）. Sheep pox is one of the most serious infectious diseases that against sheep industry. It often results in infection or death of large numbers of sheep, the mortality up to 50 % （100 % lamb）. Thus, the disease to the sheep industry is not only a huge economic losses, but also a serious impediment to the sheep industry to increase production. This paper is aimed at some sheep households in some district of Xinjiang, where a outbreak of sheep pox occurred in January 2011, we have made epidemiological investigation,clinical symptoms,pathological changes observed and laboratory diagnosis and confirmed it was caused by sheep pox.