Etiology, Epizootiology and Control of Maedi-Visna in Dairy Sheep: A Review

Maedi-visna (MV) in sheep is caused by maedi-visna virus (MVV), a small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) that causes chronic infection and inflammatory lesions in infected animals. Pneumonia and mastitis are its predominant clinical manifestations, and the tissues infected by MVV are mainly the lungs, the...

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Main Authors: Aphrodite I. Kalogianni, Ioannis Bossis, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Athanasios I. Gelasakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/4/616