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Infections > Virus Diseases > Slow Virus Diseases > Pneumonia, Progressive Interstitial, of Sheep
Animal Diseases > Sheep Diseases > Pneumonia, Progressive Interstitial, of Sheep
... > Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Retroviridae Infections > Lentivirus Infections > Pneumonia, Progressive Interstitial, of Sheep

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Pneumonia, Progressive Interstitial, of Sheep  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Maedi
  • Progressive Interstitial Pneumonia of Sheep

Note

  • caused by a lentivirus; don't forget also SHEEP (NIM) & check tag ANIMALS

Scope note

  • Chronic respiratory disease caused by the VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS. It was formerly believed to be identical with jaagsiekte (PULMONARY ADENOMATOSIS, OVINE) but is now recognized as a separate entity.

History note

  • 76; MAEDI was see PULMONARY ADENOMATOSIS, OVINE 1968-74

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011021

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