Goats could increase the risk of a rare lung cancer, researchers find

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The risk of developing pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinoma was increased five fold in people who had experienced a professional exposure to goats during their lifetime.
A sheep virus, the Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus, is able to produce pulmonary adenocarcinoma Martineau et al, 2011

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