Chronic hepatitis in lambs in Norway, a condition resembling ovine white liver disease in New Zealand

Authors: Ulvund MJ
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 28, Issue 1-2, pp 19, Jan 1980
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Liver/hepatic disease, International, Pathology
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Ovine white liver disease (WLD) has been reported from New Zealand by Martinovich and Sutherland and a condition resembling WLD has recently been mentioned in this journal by Clark et al. A similar disease, called chronic hepatitis, has been described from Holland. We want to draw attention to a condition resembling WLD, and probably identical to chronic hepatitis in Holland, in lambs grazing certain cultivated pastures in the south-western part of Norway. During the period 1973-1978, we have each year recorded cases of hepatitis in experimental lambs in connection with a research project on different grazing systems for sheep and calves…

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