Bulgin M S, Anderson B C
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1983 Feb 15;182(4):372-4.
Testicles from rams in flocks experiencing ram epididymitis in Idaho and eastern Oregon were cultured. Twenty-six breeding rams from 6 flocks were cultured and only Brucella ovis was isolated. Virgin rams (65) harbored numerous species of small fastidious gram-negative rods, including Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Haemophilus spp, Moraxella spp, and Pasteurella spp. Thus, there appeared to be 2 separate disease entities, dependent on sexual experience of the animal.
对爱达荷州和俄勒冈州东部出现公羊附睾炎的羊群中的公羊睾丸进行了培养。对来自6个羊群的26只种公羊进行了培养，仅分离出绵羊布鲁氏菌。未交配过的公羊（65只）携带有多种苛求性小革兰氏阴性杆菌，包括伴放线放线杆菌、嗜血杆菌属、莫拉克斯氏菌属和巴斯德氏菌属。因此，似乎存在两种独立的疾病实体，这取决于动物的性经验。
