Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, says Stanford study

(Stanford University Medical Center) 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 to be published July 3 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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