Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Microbiological research on diseases in goats and sheep
By Scott, G R·Published in Tropical animal health and production·1996·University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Microbiological research at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (CTVM).
- Species:
- goat
Plain-English summary
The staff at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (CTVM) is conducting important research on various diseases that affect livestock, including rinderpest, orf (a skin disease in goats and sheep), and bovine dermatophilosis (a skin infection in cattle). They are also studying contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (a serious lung infection in goats), tick-borne fever, bovine petechial fever, and caprine cowdriosis (a disease affecting goats). This research aims to improve our understanding and management of these diseases in animals.
Abstract
The nature of the research carried out by the staff of the Microbiology Section of the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (CTVM) at home and abroad is illustrated by precis of projects on rinderpest, orf in goats and sheep, bovine dermatophilosis, contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, tick-borne fever in goats and sheep, bovine petechial fever, and caprine cowdriosis.
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