| Autor: |
Paton MW; Animal Health Division, Department of Agriculture, South Perth, Western Australia., Mercy AR, Wilkinson FC, Gardner JJ, Sutherland SS, Ellis TM |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Australian veterinary journal [Aust Vet J] 1988 Apr; Vol. 65 (4), pp. 117-9. |
| DOI: |
10.1111/j.1751-0813.1988.tb14429.x |
| Abstrakt: |
Two hundred Merino wether hoggets were used to examine the effect of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection (caseous lymphadenitis) on wool production and bodyweight. Sheep which were challenged with C. pseudotuberculosis (artificially infected) and not vaccinated against this disease produced 0.20 kg less clean wool than unchallenged controls during the following 12 months. The incidence of sheep with lesions in the group that was vaccinated prior to challenge was 55% lower than in unvaccinated challenged sheep but their wool production was not significantly different from either the controls or the unvaccinated challenged sheep. Vaccinated sheep were also heavier than unvaccinated sheep 12 months after challenge. These results indicate that caseous lymphadenitis infection may reduce wool production. |
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MEDLINE |
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