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caseous lymphadenitis

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caseous lymphadenitis
a chronic disease of sheep and goats caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and characterized by caseopurulent abscesses in lymph nodes but with little effect on general health.


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Byline: By Iain Carrington Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA) is a significant cause of loss to the sheep industry worldwide.
The National Sheep Association (NSA) is urging sheep keepers to be vigilant against the ever-increasing level of Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA) that is being discovered in the UK sheep flock.
Orf and Caseous lymphadenitis have been dealt with previously in this column and so will not be discussed here.
 
 
 
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