Mastitis in sheep–The last 10 years and the future of research

AI Gelasakis, VS Mavrogianni, IG Petridis… - Veterinary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Bacterial mastitis is a significant welfare and financial problem in sheep flocks. This paper
reviews the recently published literature, including publications that highlight the …

Vaccination schedules in small ruminant farms

D Lacasta, LM Ferrer, JJ Ramos, JM González… - Veterinary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Development and implementation of health management plans is the cornerstone
of profitable farms; prevention of microbial diseases by means of vaccination is an integral …

Causes and flock level risk factors of sheep and goat abortion in three agroecology zones in Ethiopia

G Alemayehu, G Mamo, B Alemu, H Desta… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to estimate the incidence of small ruminant abortion
and identify its major causes and potential risk factors in goat and sheep flocks in three …

Diagnosis of clinical or subclinical mastitis in ewes

IA Fragkou, CM Boscos, GC Fthenakis - Small Ruminant Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives of this paper are to review (i) diagnostic methods and procedures available for
clinical or subclinical mastitis in ewes and (ii) applications of these procedures in the …

Relationship between rumen microbiota and pregnancy toxemia in ewes

J Chen, S Wang, X Yin, C Duan, J Li, Y Liu… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Pregnancy toxemia (PT) is a nutritional metabolic disease of ewes in late
pregnancy. This study aimed to reveal the relationship between rumen microbiota and PT …

[HTML][HTML] Scenario of pathogenesis and socioeconomic burden of human brucellosis in Saudi Arabia

R Al **dan - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Brucellosis is considered a prevailing endemic infectious disease in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia and represents a health problem with socio-economic burden. There are two main …

Assessment of targeted selective treatment criteria to control subclinical gastrointestinal nematode infections on sheep farms

C Calvete, JM González, LM Ferrer, JJ Ramos… - Veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Control of sheep gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections mostly relies on the use of
anthelmintics. Refugia-based control strategies as targeted selective treatments (TST) can …

Pregnancy Toxemia in ewes: a review of Molecular Metabolic mechanisms and Management Strategies

X Ji, N Liu, Y Wang, K Ding, S Huang, C Zhang - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pregnancy toxemia is a nutritional metabolic disease during late gestation in small
ruminants. The condition is characterized by disorders in carbohydrate and fat metabolism …

Dairy sheep and goat farmers: Socio-demographic characteristics and their associations with health management and performance on farms

DT Lianou, GC Fthenakis - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The objectives were to determine the socio-demographic profiles of small ruminant dairy
farmers and to study associations with management practices, production outcomes and …

Interactions between parasitic infections and reproductive efficiency in sheep

GC Fthenakis, VS Mavrogianni, E Gallidis… - Veterinary …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review article summarises the many reports in the literature, confirming that, in sheep,
parasitic infections can adversely affect reproductive efficiency; examples, which refer to all …