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...
Published in: | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
1976
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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 |
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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