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Inherited goitre in sheep

Authors: Stevenson BJ, Davis GB, Price MC
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 27, Issue 6, pp 126-127, Jun 1979
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Diet/rations/food, Endocrine/autocrine/paracrine, Genetics, Thyroid, Disease/defect, Inherited disease/conditions, Trace elements, Metabolic disease, Nutrition/metabolism
Article class: Clinical Communication

Abstract: Inherited goitre in a flock of sheep possessing a proportion of Polled Dorset blood is reported and discussed. The cases encountered were not induced by a simple deficiency of iodine, or the presence of goitrogenic substances in their feed. Further work is recommended on the nature of the defect and its method of inheritance.

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