Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma as an animal model for human lung cancer, because OPA is histologically similar to human adenocarcinoma in situ of the lung. Dolly the sheep, the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell, was euthanized after it was confirmed that she had OPA. Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA), also known as ovine pulmonary adenomatosis, or jaagsiekte, is a chronic and contagious disease of the lungs of sheep and goats. OPA is caused by a retrovirus called jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV). The disease has a long incubation period, and therefore signs usually occur in adult animals (over 2
Animal Equality After Animal Equality revealed horrific animal cruelty on El Escobar farm in Spain, the trial against the four defendants finds them guilty and sentences them to the longest sentence allowed under law. Following an Animal Equality investigation and campaign, supermarket chain COOP in Italy becomes the first market in Italy to ban the sale of foie gras. Animal Equality helps reduce the consumption of lamb meat in Italy by 40% in 2014, and a further 50% the following year. Animal Equality campaigned for years to end the cruel sacrifice at one of Nepal’s largest festivals, which takes place every five