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| − | *Ovine epididymitis
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| − | **Caused by Brucella ovis|''B. ovis''
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| − | **Epididymitis in rams and placentitis in ewes
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| − | **Reduced fertility in rams, sporadic abortion and peinatal mortality
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| − | **Venereal transmission
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| − | **Long latent period in rams following infection (present in semen 5 weeks after infection)
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| − | **Premating checks on rams - serological tests and scrotal palpation
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| − | **Testicular atrophy and swollen epididymis in chronically-infected rams
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| − | **Agar gel immunodiffusion test, complement fixation test and indirect ELISA
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| − | **Vaccination of young rams with [[Brucella melitensis|''B. melitensis'']] vaccine or ''B. ovis'' bacterin[[Category:To_Do_-_CABI]]
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