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Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA), also known as ovine pulmonary adenomatosis, or jaagsiekte, is a chronic and contagious disease of the lungs of sheep and goats. OPA is caused by a retrovirus called jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV).
JSRV is the virus that is the cause of the contagious lung tumors in sheep called ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA). The disease has also been called "jaagsiekte", after the Afrikaans words for "chase" (jaag) and "sickness" (siekte), to describe the respiratory distress observed in an animal out of breath from being chased, indicating the breathing difficulty experienced by infected sheep.
Border disease - Pestivirus, AKA hairy shaker disease, disease in sheep and goats. Duck viral hepatitis - Various viruses. Encephalomyocarditis - Cardiovirus, disease in pigs and rodents. Nairobi sheep disease - Bunyaviridae, possibly the most pathogenic virus known for sheep and goats. Porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome - Possibly ...
Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus; M. Mason-Pfizer monkey virus; Mouse mammary tumor virus This page was last edited on 10 August 2023, at 16:54 (UTC). ...
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