AN ESTIMATE OF THE PREVALENCE OF ENZOOTIC ABORTION OF EWES IN SCOTLAND

Authors
LEONARD C CALDOW GL GUNN GJ
Citation
C. Leonard et al., AN ESTIMATE OF THE PREVALENCE OF ENZOOTIC ABORTION OF EWES IN SCOTLAND, Veterinary record, 133(8), 1993, pp. 180-183
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary record → ACNP
ISSN journal
00424900
Volume
133
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
180 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-4900(1993)133:8<180:AEOTPO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The prevalence of enzootic abortion of ewes in Scotland was estimated over a period of rive years. Between 1987 and 1991, 30.7 per cent of a ll flocks with breeding ewes in Scotland submitted ovine abortion mate rial, and of these flocks 28 per cent showed evidence of the infection , giving a prevalence of 8.6 per cent. Regional differences were obser ved in both the submission rate and the prevalence.