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Observations were made on the appearance and spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in groups of sheep and goats after either intranasal inoculation of virus or contact with an infected steer. Viremia was used as the primary indicator of the spread of infection. Of 91 goats exposed to virus, 88 (97%) became infected and 92% of the infected ones had demonstrable viremia. Comparable figures for sheep were 33 of 43 (77%) infected and 72% of these with viremia. It was concluded that goats, being less expensive than cattle to purchase and house, could be suitable experimental subjects for studies of the epizootiology of FMD under laboratory conditions.
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McVicar, J.W., Sutmoller, P. Experimental foot-and-mouth disease in sheep and goats: An epizootiological model. Archiv f Virusforschung 38, 85–96 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01241358
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