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THIS communication records a relationship between the occurrence of Sporidesmium bakeri and facial eczema disease of sheep in the field. It has already been demonstrated that experimental animals fed cultures of this fungus developed characteristic lesions of the disease1,2.
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Thornton, R. H., and Percival, J. C., Nature, 183, 63 (1959).
Percival, J. C., and Thornton, R. H., Nature, 182, 1095 (1958).
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THORNTON, R., SINCLAIR, D. Sporidesmium bakeri and Facial Eczema of Sheep in the Field. Nature 184, 1327–1328 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841327b0
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