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. 1976 Jun;76(3):395–402. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400055315

The role of sheep and goats in the epizootiology of foot-and-mouth disease in Kenya.

E C Anderson, W J Doughty, J Anderson
PMCID: PMC2129660  PMID: 180176

Abstract

The pathogenicity of two bovine field strains of virus for indigenous goats was examined in the laboratory. The goats failed to develop clinical disease or become virus carriers although the majority showed a definite immune response. A field survey in a foot-and-mouth disease enzootic area showed that the indigenous sheep and goat populations were frequently exposed to infection as evidenced by a high proportion of sero-positive animals but the incidence of virus carriers was very low in goats and no carriers were detected in sheep.

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