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<blockquote data-quote="transpecos" data-source="post: 1061322" data-attributes="member: 86259"><p>We don't have much domestic sheep in this country but we do have cattle and horses. In regards to disease threats the current research is lazily stuck on "controlling disease reservoirs". Unfortunately, this ignores the most important factor determining the severity of an epidemic(s), transmission. Strains of paustuerella virus' continue to be the leading epizootic causing species natural mortalities. </p><p></p><p>This virus resides in the respiratory tract of the animal and can only survive 18ft of travel as an aerosol in a sterile wind tunnel. This means they have to come into more or less direct physical contact with the infected individual. This is also one of the most common virus strains found in the human respiratory tract.</p><p></p><p>So where might there be a warm, wet environment with plenty of organic material that the respiratory tract and saliva gland of every single species in the desert might insert. A disease and parasite warehouse if you will.</p><p></p><p>Water troughs and wildlife guzzlers.</p><p></p><p>But the virus has to be introduced first..............</p><p><img src="http://[IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/zxmrm9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/IMG]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="transpecos, post: 1061322, member: 86259"] We don't have much domestic sheep in this country but we do have cattle and horses. In regards to disease threats the current research is lazily stuck on "controlling disease reservoirs". Unfortunately, this ignores the most important factor determining the severity of an epidemic(s), transmission. Strains of paustuerella virus' continue to be the leading epizootic causing species natural mortalities. This virus resides in the respiratory tract of the animal and can only survive 18ft of travel as an aerosol in a sterile wind tunnel. This means they have to come into more or less direct physical contact with the infected individual. This is also one of the most common virus strains found in the human respiratory tract. So where might there be a warm, wet environment with plenty of organic material that the respiratory tract and saliva gland of every single species in the desert might insert. A disease and parasite warehouse if you will. Water troughs and wildlife guzzlers. But the virus has to be introduced first.............. [IMG][IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/zxmrm9.jpg[/IMG][/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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