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A high incidence of jaagsiekte following experimental cold exposures in housed sheep

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The fortuitous occurrence of cases of jaagsiekte (sheep pulmonary adenomatosis) in a group of young Scottish Blackface sheep exposed to experimental cold stress is described. The incidence (11/62 cases) was high and the age of onset early (less than 20 months) by comparison with the authors' local experience of the disease. There was also some indication that males were more susceptible (9/26) than females (2/36). The results are not conclusive, but suggest the need for similar cold stress experiments in animals deliberately infected with the disease.

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Es wird über das zufällige Auftreten von Jaagsiekte (Lungenadenomatose der Schafe) in einer Gruppe von Schottisch-Blackface Schafen berichtet, die in einem Kältebelastungsversuch verwendet wurden. Die Häufigkeit war hoch (11/62 Fälle) und nach den Erfahrungen der Autoren früh, denn die Tiere waren unter 20 Monate alt. Ausserdem bestanden Hinweise auf Geschlechtsunterschiede in der Empfindlichkeit, weil mehr männliche (9/26) als weibliche Tiere (2/36) erkrankten. Die Ergebnisse sind nicht endgültig. Zur weiteren Abklärung sind Versuche erforderlich, in denen vorsätzlich infizierte Tiere der gleichen Kältebelastung ausgesetzt werden.

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On rapporte ici sur l'apparition fortuite de "Jaagsiekte" (adénomatose pulmonaire du mouton) dans un groupe de moutons de la race écossaise à face noire faisant l'objet d'un essai de contrainte au froid. La fréquence des cas d'infections était élevée (11 bêtes malades sur 62) et très précoce selon l'expérience des auteurs, les animaux n'étant âgés que de 20 mois au plus. En outre, on en tire certaines indications concernant une différence possible entre les sexes, vu que la proportion des béliers atteints (9/26) est nettement plus élevée que celle des brebis malades (2/36). Ces résultats ne sont cependant pas définitifs. Afin de les compléter, il faudrait placer des animaux préalablement infectés dans des conditions semblables de contrainte au froid.

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  1. Moredun Research Institute, 408 Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh, 9, Scotland

    J. M. K. Mackay & D. I. Nisbet

  2. Animal Breeding Research Organization, Edinburgh, 9, Scotland

    J. Slee

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Mackay, J.M.K., Nisbet, D.I. & Slee, J. A high incidence of jaagsiekte following experimental cold exposures in housed sheep. Int J Biometeorol 15, 65–69 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01804719

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