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This is the first coyote I have shot with oral papillamatosis. It was a real healthy coyote other than his mouth. About made me puke when I walked up and saw this. I had read about it in Gerry Blairs book about predator hunting.

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Oral Papillomatosis (warts)

 

General Information

 

Oral papillomatosis is a contagious disease caused by a virus that produces growths or warts in the mouth and or the tongue, lips, eyelids and nose. The growths appear about one month after the animal contracts the virus. Dogs under 4 years of age are most commonly affected.

 

Warts are pinkish white and generally quite small, though they may occur in clumps, giving a cauliflower-like appearance. Generally these warts do not affect the animal's health unless their size or location interferes with the animal's ability to eat or breathe.

 

The disease usually does not recur, and recovered animals are usu

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good thing you shot him to take him out of his missory and also prevent a spread of that>>nasty

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I am afraid to touch my mouth after reading that.

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Heck Travis I even chew my fingernails.

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