Open AccessSLOW VIRAL INFECTIONS OF SMALL RUMINANTS IN GREECE
Author(s) -
Nektarios D. Giadinis,
Aikaterini Chaintarli,
Jovan Bojkovski
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
veterinarski žurnal republike srpske
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2303-4475
pISSN - 1840-2887
DOI - 10.7251/vjrs1302101d
Subject(s) - enzootic , flock , scrapie , virology , biology , encephalitis , medicine , pathology , disease , virus , prion protein , ecology
The slow viral infections are from the most important problems of sheep and goatproduction in Greece. Diseases as enzootic nasal tumor, Maedi-Visna, caprinearthritis-encephalitis, pulmonary adenomatosis and Scrapie can cause significantlosses in sheep and goat flocks. They can be transmitted during grazing or with animalsales. Here are described the clinicopathological findings of the aforementioneddiseases, as well as their diagnosis and control.