Aspects of the epidemiology, research, and control of lentiviral infections of small ruminants and their relevance to Dutch sheep and goat farming.
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd
; 135(16): 600-3, 2010 Aug 15.
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ABSTRACT
In 1862, the veterinarian Loman reported the first sheep in The Netherlands with symptoms associated with lentiviral infection, although at the time the symptoms were ascribed to ovine progressive pneumonia. In the following century, similar cases were reported by South African, French, American, and Icelandic researchers. Extensive research into the pathology, aetiology, and epidemiology of this slowly progressive and ultimately fatal disease was initiated in several countries, including the Netherlands. Studies of the causative agents--maedi visna virus (MVV) in sheep and caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) in goats, comprising the heterogeneous group of the small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV)--prompted the development of diagnostic methods and the initiation of disease control programmes in many European countries including the Netherlands, as a pioneer in 1982, and in the U.S.A. and Canada.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades de las Ovejas
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Enfermedades de las Cabras
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Infecciones por Lentivirus
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Virus de la Artritis-Encefalitis Caprina
Tipo de estudio:
Screening_studies
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos