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A Seroepidemiological Investigation of Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Sheep Flocks in Southern Norway

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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis causes caseous lymphadenitis, a disease primarily affecting sheep and goats which occurs as a chronic infection characterized by suppurative lymphadenitis (Lovell 1959, Marsh 1965, Jubb & Kennedy 1970, Ayers 1977, Addo & Eid 1978). The disease has an insidious nature and a high prevalence, resulting in large economic losses due to condemnation of carcasses and organs at slaughter (Turner 1973).

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We thank Johan Krogsrud and Trude Bakke for providing sera for the investigation.

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  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, P. O. Box 8146, Oslo Dep., N-0033, Oslo 1, Norway

    J. K. N. Kuria & G. Holstad

  2. Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya

    J. K. N. Kuria & G. Holstad

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Kuria, J.K.N., Holstad, G. A Seroepidemiological Investigation of Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Sheep Flocks in Southern Norway. Acta Vet Scand 30, 107–108 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548074

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