Marasas, Walter F.O. (Walter Friedrich Otto)Adelaar, T.F.Minne, J.A.Van Rensburg, I.B.J.Burroughs, G.W.Kellerman, T. StephanusDe Lange, M.Bigalke, R.D.Howell, P.G.Reinecke, R.K.Walker, Jane B.2016-07-072016-07-0720161972Marasas, WFO, Adelaar, TF, Kellerman, TS, Minne, JA, Van Rensburg, IBJ & Burroughs, GW 1972, 'First report of facial eczema in sheep in South Africa’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 107-112.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53977The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590;300dpi. adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The occurrence of facial eczema in sheep in the Republic of South Africa is reported for the first time. The disease in this country is similar to that described in New Zealand and Australia. To date it has only been diagnosed in Merino sheep on artificial pastures in the Humansdorp area of the Cape Province. The fungus Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & Curt.) M. B. Ellis was isolated from grass litter in these pastures. One of these isolates was shown to produce sporidesmin and the typical clinical and histopathological signs of facial eczema were reproduced upon dosing this culture to a lamb.en© 1972 ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © 2016 University of Pretoria. Department of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle