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A SURVEY has been made in south-west Scotland il of the distribution of vinquish, a debilitating disease of sheep referred to by Aiton in 1810 as being prevalent in this area. The disease shows certain affinities to: coast disease of South Australia (1), wasting disease of Western Australia (2), bush sickness of New Zealand (3), nakuruitis of Kenya (4), moor cling of Devon (5), pining of the Scottish borders (6), salt sickness of Florida (7), pine of the Hebrides (8), and neck ail of Massachusetts (9).
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DUNLOP, G., MCCALLIEN, W. Influence of Geology on the Health of Grazing Animals. Nature 147, 615–617 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147615a0
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