The Maedi (also Maidans, Maedans, or Medi; Ancient Greek: Μαῖδοι or Μαιδοί) were a Thracian tribe in antiquity. [1] Their land was called Maedica (Μαιδική). [2]

Maedi-Visna (MV) is an insidious, lifelong and eventually fatal disease syndrome in sheep and occurs in most sheep-keeping areas worldwide. The most common symptoms, chronic …

Maedi-visna is an Icelandic name that describes two of the clinical syndromes recognised in MV virus (MVV)-infected sheep. ‘Maedi’ means ‘laboured breathing’ and describes the disease …

Apr 3, 2020 · Maedi-visna (MV) (also known as ovine progressive pneumonia, OPP) is an incurable viral disease of sheep with very long incubation period that leads to life-long infection …

Maedi-visna is a slow virus infection of sheep leading to a progressing lymphoproliferative disease which is invariably fatal. It affects multiple organs, but primarily the lungs where it causes …

Apr 3, 2020 · Maedi-visna (MV) in sheep is caused by maedi-visna virus (MVV), a small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) that causes chronic infection and inflammatory lesions in infected animals. …

May 9, 1987 · In most cases, maedi-visna virus infection is characterised by a subclinical, persistent virus-carrier state. However, in heavily infected flocks, economically significant …

Apr 1, 2022 · Maedi is a lentiviral disease characterized by progressive interstitial pneumonia with humoural as well as cell mediated immune response. The present investigation was designed …

Dec 1, 2017 · Maedi–visna virus (MVV) is a macrophage-tropic lentivirus of sheep causing slowly progressive interstitial pneumonia (maedi) and demyelinating encephalomyelitis (visna) [1]. …

Infection of sheep with maedi-visna virus (MVV) causes a multi-organ disease, i.e. encephalitis, pneumonia, mastitis and arthritis. Both the spectrum of organ changes and the character of …