2011
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr066
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Skin disease in sheep farmers

Abstract: Our findings suggest that temporally related ear inflammation occurs in at least 1% of farmers who carry out lambing but not in association with the other farming activities investigated. Lambing appears to be associated also with hand inflammation, but the pathology may differ from that in the pinna.

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“…Histopathological examination of skin biopsies from affected ears in sheep farmers has shown an unusual lymphohistiocytic infiltrate with an appearance that is distinct from that of a typical dermatitis and closer to that seen in juvenile spring eruption, a photosensitive dermatosis 2 …”
Section: Highlights From the Scanning Surveillance Networkmentioning
confidence: 90%
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“…Histopathological examination of skin biopsies from affected ears in sheep farmers has shown an unusual lymphohistiocytic infiltrate with an appearance that is distinct from that of a typical dermatitis and closer to that seen in juvenile spring eruption, a photosensitive dermatosis 2 …”
Section: Highlights From the Scanning Surveillance Networkmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Histopathological examination of skin biopsies from afected ears in sheep farmers has shown an unusual lymphohistiocytic iniltrate with an appearance that is distinct from that of a typical dermatitis and closer to that seen in juvenile spring eruption, a photosensitive dermatosis. 2 There are many occupational skin disorders associated with sheep and those who handle them. 3 Most common perhaps are orf infection 4 and salmonella, 5 and less commonly Coxiella burnetii.…”
Section: Small Ruminants 'Lambing Ears' In Sheep Farmersmentioning
confidence: 99%