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Accuracy of paratuberculosis diagnostic tests in small ruminants: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Buczinski S., Arsenault J., Kostoulas P., Corbière F., Fecteau G., Dendukuri N. (2019)

Paratuberculosis is a worldwide infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP). Various ruminant species can be affected by the disease, and the diagnosis of the disease is challenging in the ...

Application of Bayesian modeling for diagnostic assays of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in sheep and goats flocks

Hemati Z., Meletis E., Derakhshandeh A., Haghkhah M., Kostoulas P., Singh S.V., Chaubey K.K., Gupta S. (2022)

Background: This study aimed to screen the sera of goats and sheep from flocks suspected of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection by a newly standardized Mce-truncated ELISA (Mt-ELISA) kit for the ...

Bioaugmentation of animal feces as a mean to mitigate environmental contamination with anthelmintic benzimidazoles

Lagos S., Perruchon C., Tsikriki A., Gourombinos E., Vasileiadis S., Sotiraki S., Karpouzas D.G. (2021)

Anthelmintics are used to control infestations of ruminants by gastrointestinal nematodes. The limited metabolism of anthelmintics in animals result in their excretion in feces. These could be piled up in the floor of ...

Biodegradation of anthelmintics in soils: does prior exposure of soils to anthelmintics accelerate their dissipation?

Lagos S., Moutzoureli C., Spiropoulou I., Alexandropoulou A., Karas P.A., Saratsis A., Sotiraki S., Karpouzas D.G. (2022)

Anthelmintics (AHs) control animal infections with gastrointestinal nematodes. They reach soil through animal faeces deposited on soils or through manuring. Although soil constitutes a major AH sink, we know little about ...

Bluetongue in small ruminants: An opinionated review, with a brief appraisal of the 2014 outbreak of the disease in Greece and the south-east Europe

Kyriakis C.S., Billinis C., Papadopoulos E., Vasileiou N.G.C., Athanasiou L.V., Fthenakis G.C. (2015)

Bluetongue is an arthropod-borne viral disease of ruminants, especially of sheep, caused by Bluetongue virus, which belongs to the genus Orbivirus of the family Reoviridae and is classified into 26 antigenically distinct ...

Comparison of biuret and refractometry methods for the serum total proteins measurement in ruminants

Katsoulos P.D., Athanasiou L.V., Karatzia M.A., Giadinis N., Karatzias H., Boscos C., Polizopoulou Z.S. (2017)

Background: Determination of serum total protein concentration is commonly performed by the biuret method. Refractometric measurement is a faster and less expensive alternative but its accuracy has not been determined in ...

Control of oestrous cycle in small ruminants [Παρεμβάσεις ρύθμισης του οιστρικου κύκλου των μικρών μηρυκαστικών]

Samartzi F., Fthenakis G.C. (2017)

Control of oestrous cycle is an important,management tool in sheep and goat farms. Over the years, various,methods have been developed and many applications have been,documented in the international literature. In this ...

Control of paratuberculosis: Who, why and how. A review of 48 countries

Whittington R., Donat K., Weber M.F., Kelton D., Nielsen Sø.S., Eisenberg S., Arrigoni N., Juste R., Sáez J.L., Dhand N., Santi A., Michel A., Barkema H., Kralik P., Kostoulas P., Citer L., Griffin F., Barwell R., Moreira M.A.S., Slana I., Koehler H., Singh S.V., Yoo H.S., Chávez-Gris G., Goodridge A., Ocepek M., Garrido J., Stevenson K., Collins M., Alonso B., Cirone K., Paolicchi F., Gavey L., Rahman M.T., De Marchin E., Van Praet W., Bauman C., Fecteau G., McKenna S., Salgado M., Fernández-Silva J., Dziedzinska R., Echeverría G., Seppänen J., Thibault V., Fridriksdottir V., Derakhshandeh A., Haghkhah M., Ruocco L., Kawaji S., Momotani E., Heuer C., Norton S., Cadmus S., Agdestein A., Kampen A., Szteyn J., Frössling J., Schwan E., Caldow G., Strain S., Carter M., Wells S., Munyeme M., Wolf R., Gurung R., Verdugo C., Fourichon C., Yamamoto T., Thapaliya S., Di Labio E., Ekgatat M., Gil A., Alesandre A.N., Piaggio J., Suanes A., De Waard J.H. (2019)

Paratuberculosis, a chronic disease affecting ruminant livestock, is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis (MAP). It has direct and indirect economic costs, impacts animal welfare and arouses public health ...

Diagnostic approach of anemia in ruminants

Katsogiannou E.G., Athanasiou L.V., Christodoulopoulos G., Polizopoulou Z.S. (2018)

Anemia in ruminants is an abnormal condition characterized by the decrease of the hematocrit (Packed Cell Volume, PCV), the mass of erythrocytes (Red Blood Cells, RBCs) and/or hemoglobin. Anemia is classified as hemolytic, ...

Diarrhoea in neonatal small ruminants: Updated review and proposed measures for its control in Greece. [Διάρροιες των νεογέννητων αμνοεριφίων: Νεότερα δεδομένα και προτάσεις για τον έλεγχο τους]

Kritas S., Karatzias H., Alexopoulos C., Kyriakis S. (2018)

Diarrhoea in neonatal small ruminants appears to be responsible for substantial financial losses in sheep and goat enterprises worldwide, including Greece. Enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens ...

Examples of proper reporting for evaluation (Stage 2 validation) of diagnostic tests for diseases listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health [Ejemplos de comunicación adecuada de la evaluación (validación de fase 2) de pruebas de diagnóstico de enfermedades incluidas en la lista de la Organización Mundial de Sanidad Animal] [Exemples de notifications appropriées se rapportant aux études d’évaluation de tests diagnostiques (étape 2 de la validation) pour les maladies listées par l’Organisation mondiale de la santé animale]

Kostoulas P., Gardner I.A., Elschner M.C., Denwood M.J., Meletis E., Nielsen S.S. (2021)

Reporting and design standards are key indicators of the quality of diagnostic accuracy (validation) studies but, with the exception of aquatic animal diseases and paratuberculosis in ruminants, there is limited guidance ...

Haemonchosis: A challenging parasitic infection of sheep and goats

Arsenopoulos K.V., Fthenakis G.C., Katsarou E.I., Papadopoulos E. (2021)

The paper reviews the challenges about haemonchosis—a significant and common parasitic infection of small ruminants. Haemonchus contortus is a highly pathogenic parasite that localises in the abomasum of affected animals ...

Interspecies transmission of Rotaviruses among ruminants, dogs and humans: Current facts and remarks

Valiakos G., Chatzopoulos D.C., Tsokana C.N. (2017)

Rotaviruses are considered to be a major cause of diarrhoea to humans as well as a wide variety of animals and may cause serious economic losses in livestock animals, especially swine and ruminants. This fact, along with ...

Leptospirosis: An important re-emerging infection of animals and man [Λεπτοσπείρωση: Ένα «νεο-αναδυομενο» σημαντικό νόσημα των ζώων και τον ανθρώπου]

Bisias G., Kritas S.K., Burriel A., Kontos V. (2017)

Leptospirosis, a re-emerging infection of animals and man, is caused by one of 200 serotypes of Leptospira spp. The genus is currently divided into eight pathogenic species, infecting various animal species and man, either ...

Maintaining production while reducing local and global environmental emissions in dairy farming

Soteriades A.D., Foskolos A., Styles D., Gibbons J.M. (2020)

While milk is a major agricultural commodity, dairy farming also supports a large share of global beef production. In Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies of dairy farming systems, dairy-beef production is often ignored or ...

Patterns of Reproductive Management in Sheep and Goat Farms in Greece

Lianou D.T., Vasileiou N.G.C., Michael C.K., Valasi I., Mavrogianni V.S., Caroprese M., Fthenakis G.C. (2022)

This paper reports findings regarding patterns of reproductive management in 325 sheep flocks and 119 goat herds throughout Greece. The objectives were to describe the patterns of reproductive management in sheep and goat ...

A quantitative analysis of the spatial and temporal evolution patterns of the bluetongue virus outbreak in the island of Lesvos, Greece, in 2014

Malesios C., Chatzipanagiotou M., Demiris N., Kantartzis A., Chatzilazarou G., Chatzinikolaou S., Kostoulas P. (2020)

Bluetongue virus (BTV) causes an infectious disease called bluetongue, a vector-borne viral disease of ruminants, which has major implications and causes severe economic damage due to its effect on livestock. These economic ...

Ringwomb in ewes and does [Ατελής διαστολή του τραχήλου της μήτρας σε προβατίνες και αίγες]

Mavrogianni V.S. (2017)

In this paper, the literature on ringwomb in sheep,and goats is reviewed. In the first part of the article, the,endocrinology of normal parturition in small ruminants is reviewed,and the literature on myometrial contractions ...