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Agriculture · Q645

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 645

Q645

Maedi is primarily a disease of

A.
Sheep affecting respiratory system
Answer
B.
Cattle affecting reproductive system
C.
Sheep affecting nervous system
D.
Cattle affecting nervous system

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Maedi is primarily a disease of Sheep affecting respiratory system.
Maedi-visna is a slow virus infection of sheep leading to a progressing lymphoproliferative disease which is invariably fatal. It affects multiple organs, but primarily the lungs where it causes interstitial pneumonia (maedi).