Browsing by Subject "Trematode"

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Interactions between parasitic infections and reproductive efficiency in sheep

Fthenakis, G. C.; Mavrogianni, V. S.; Gallidis, E.; Papadopoulos, E. (2015)

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 parts of the reproductive cycle ...
Potential association between trematode infections and development of pregnancy toxaemia in sheep

Papadopoulos, E.; Mavrogianni, V.; Mitsoura, A.; Ptochos, S.; Spanos, S.; Fthenakis, G. (2013)

Objective of the work was to study a potential association between trematode infections in pregnant ewes and concentrations β-hydroxybutyrate, which is a ketone body found in animals with pregnancy toxaemia. After ...
Trematode infections in pregnant ewes can predispose to mastitis during the subsequent lactation period

Mavrogianni, V. S.; Papadopoulos, E.; Spanos, S. A.; Mitsoura, A.; Ptochos, S.; Gougoulis, D. A.; Barbagianni, M. S.; Kyriazakis, I.; Fthenakis, G. C. (2014)

Objective was to investigate if trematode infections predispose ewes to mastitis and/or metritis. We used 80 trematode-infected ewes: primigravidae in group P-A and multigravidae in M-A remained untreated, primigravidae ...