Mycoplasma Ovipneumoniae Demonstrated in Icelandic Sheep

For at least thirty years chronic pneumonia of suckling lambs has occurred in many sheep flocks in the north-eastern part of Iceland, Thingeyjarsýsla. Owing to the retarded growth rate of affected lambs, the farmers named it “kregda” which means “the poor eater”. A similar syndrome has also been obs...

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Published in:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Main Authors: Friis, N. F., Pálsson, P. A., Pétursson, G.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 1976
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Brief Communication
Iceland
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383936/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/952254
https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547933
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Summary:For at least thirty years chronic pneumonia of suckling lambs has occurred in many sheep flocks in the north-eastern part of Iceland, Thingeyjarsýsla. Owing to the retarded growth rate of affected lambs, the farmers named it “kregda” which means “the poor eater”. A similar syndrome has also been observed in some areas of South Iceland (Gíslason 1963).

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