Difference between revisions of "Ovine Epididymitis"

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

Latest revision as of 16:29, 19 June 2011

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