Pneumonia in sheep: does it affect weight gain?

Authors: Shortridge EH, Cordes DO, O'Hara PJ, Kirton AH
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 195-196, Jul 1977
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Animal production/wastage, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Growth/development, Pneumonia/pleurisy, Disease/defect, Respiratory system, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: It was pleasing to see the recent letter by Harris and Alley in your journal offering an alternative hypothesis to that put forward in our recent paper (Kirton et al.), based on the data we presented. We agree that it is only by testing various hypotheses that the correct answer to the questions raised can be finally resolved. However, we were surprised at their comment that “The authors observe that no reason could be given for these phenomena, but that pneumonia could not be shown to reduce final liveweight or carcass weight.” We assume that either they did not understand our paper or alternatively, they did not complete reading it…

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