Spontaneously occurring lung lesions in sheep and goats

The present study was aimed for documenting various pathological conditions affecting the lungs of sheep and goats. A total of 1350 lungs were screened, out of which, 270 lungs (20%) exhibited pneumonic lesions; 121 in sheep (44.1%) and 149 in goats (55.1%). Out of 270 lungs selected for the study, 111/270 cases (41.1%) belonged to sheep and 55/270 cases (20.3%) to goats from slaughtered cases, and 10/270 cases (3.70%) to sheep and 95/270 cases (35.18%) to goats from fallen animals. The pneumonic lesions were classified as: acute bronchopneumonia (90 cases, 33.33%), sub-acute bronchopneumonia (18 cases, 6.66%), fibrinous bronchopneumonia (30 cases, 11.1%), suppurative bronchopneumonia (10 cases, 3.70%), chronic bronchopneumonia (15 cases, 5.5%), Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) (25 cases, 9.25%), broncho-interstitial pneumonia (5 cases, 1.85%), Maedi or ovine progressive pneumonia (3 cases, 1.11%), ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (31 cases, 11.48%), Hydatidosis (20 cases, 7.40%), atelectasis and emphysema (7 cases, 2.60%) and other nonspecific lesions (16 cases, 5.92%).