a fatal, widespread multisystemic inflammatory disease which is responsible for major production loss in goats
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The causative agent of the disease, caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV), is a lentivirus within the group of small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) in the family Retroviridae.
Caprine arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) is a persistent lentivirus infection of goats. It is often grouped together with Maedi-visna (MV) of sheep as the small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLVs).
