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Number of sheep and mean age in each group. Percentage of animals in brackets.
| Group | Sc1−/VM2− | Sc−/VM+ | Sc+/VM− | Sc+/VM+ |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With VMV-associated LFH | Without VMV-associated LFH | |||||
| n | 10 (10.9) | 26 (28.6) | 30 (33.0) | 14 (15.4) | 11 (12.1) | 91 (100) |
| Mean age (years) | 8.50 | 7.46 | 4.23 | 5 | 5.18 | 5.85 |
Sc: scrapie.
VM: Visna/maedi, Sc+/VM+ group was divided into two groups depending on the presence of lymphoid follicle hyperplasia (LFH) associated to VM infection in the lung or mammary gland.
