Sheep pulmonary adenomatosis in Styria

In the years from 1989 to 2000 thirteen sheep affected with sheep pulmonary adenomatosis were detected in Styria. The cases are described by their cli nical signs and their pathologic changes. Particularly striking were the re sults of the lung examinations of diseased sheep, the high lung weight and the rubbery texture of infected lung areas. Epizootiology was investigated by means of anamnestic inquiries in the affected herds. They showed, that a ll seven cases in Blackface-sheep are obviously related to one certain floc k. Also the three cases in Merinoland-sheep depend on each other. The last case in a dairy sheep farm also occurred in a purchased animal.