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A retrospective study was performed on skin samples from an outbreak of cutaneous papillomatosis in Merino sheep that occurred in 1995. The samples were processed for routine histology, electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry for papilloma viruses. Particles of approximately 55 nm diameter were found in some nuclei of the stratum granulosum cells, while immunocytochemistry gave positive staining of cell nuclei in this layer. This study confirms that papillomas associated with papillomaviruses occur in sheep in Patagonia.
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Uzal, F., Latorraca, A., Ghoddusi, M. et al. An Apparent Outbreak of Cutaneous Papillomatosis in Merino Sheep in Patagonia, Argentina. Vet Res Commun 24, 197–202 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006460432270
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