Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world

The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says 'baa.' It's the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, which is was published 3 July in PLoS ONE, finds that not only are these ruminants low-maintenance and parasite-resistant, they're also perfect blood donors for the microbiology tests necessary to diagnose infectious disease in the developing world...

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