'Social distancing' in sheep could cure flock of maedi visna

A collaboration between scientists in Scotland and The Netherlands has found that a lack of ‘social distancing’ between sheep is almost exclusively responsible for the spread of the virus that causes the chronic viral disease

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
clock • 2 min read
'Social distancing' in sheep could cure flock of maedi visna

A collaboration between scientists in Scotland and The Netherlands has found that a lack of ‘social distancing' between sheep is almost exclusively responsible for the spread of the virus that causes the...

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