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The sheep harbour many metazoan and protozoan parasites but their exposure to viral and bacterial pathogens is unknown. We tested for herpes viral DNA in leucocytes and found that 21 of 42 tested sheep were infected with ovine herpesvirus 2 (OHV-2). We also tested 750 plasma samples collected between 1997 and 2010 for evidence of exposure to seven other viral and bacterial agents common in domestic Scottish sheep. We found evidence of exposure to<jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>spp., with overall seroprevalence of 6\u00b75%. However, serological evidence indicated that the population had not been exposed to border disease, parainfluenza, maedi-visna, or orf viruses, nor to<jats:italic>Chlamydia abortus<\/jats:italic>. Some sheep tested positive for antibodies against<jats:italic>Mycobacterium avium<\/jats:italic>subsp.<jats:italic>paratuberculosis<\/jats:italic>(MAP) but, in the absence of retrospective faecal samples, the presence of this infection could not be confirmed. 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