Epidemiology of sheep pox

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1982 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Tropical Animal Health and Production, volume 14, pages 229-233 (issn: 0049-4747, eissn: 1573-7438,

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Authors: L M, Belwal; A E, Nivsarkar; P B, Mathur; R N, Singh;

doi: 10.1007/bf02242164

pmid: 6297133

Epidemiology of sheep pox

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Abstract

An outbreak of sheep pox in a flock of 2,191 purebred indigenous sheep and their crosses with exotic European sheep had a course of 18 weeks. The peak incidence and mortality occurred 5 weeks after the onset of the epidemic. The morbidity was highest in the purebred and crossbred lambs and crossbred hoggets. The mortality rate and case fatality rate were highest in the crossbred hoggets.

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Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute
India

Keywords

Male, Sheep, Age Factors, India, Sheep Diseases, Poxviridae Infections, Disease Outbreaks, Animals, Female, Crosses, Genetic

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