Trematode infections in pregnant ewes can predispose to mastitis during the subsequent lactation period
dc.creator | Mavrogianni, V. S. | en |
dc.creator | Papadopoulos, E. | en |
dc.creator | Spanos, S. A. | en |
dc.creator | Mitsoura, A. | en |
dc.creator | Ptochos, S. | en |
dc.creator | Gougoulis, D. A. | en |
dc.creator | Barbagianni, M. S. | en |
dc.creator | Kyriazakis, I. | en |
dc.creator | Fthenakis, G. C. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:39:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:39:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.11.009 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0034-5288 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/30825 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 in P-B and multigravidae in M-B were drenched with netobimin and multigravidae in M-C were given rafoxanide. We collected faecal samples for parasitological examination, blood samples for beta-hydroxybutyrate concentration measurement and uterine content, teat duct material and milk samples for bacteriological examination. We found significant differences in blood beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations between M-A, M-B and M-C during pregnancy (P <= 0.002). We did not observe significant differences between groups regarding development of metritis (P > 0.83). We found that for M-A, M-B and M-C ewes, respectively, median time to first case of mastitis was 5.75, 21 and 6.75 days after lambing (P = 0.003) and incidence risk of mastitis was 0.308, 0.069 and 0.222 (P = 0.047). We postulate that trematode infections predispose ewes to mastitis; perhaps, increased beta-hydroxybutyrate blood concentrations adversely affect mammary cellular defences. This is the first report associating parasitic infections with mastitis in sheep. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | en |
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dc.subject | Co-infection | en |
dc.subject | Dicrocoelium | en |
dc.subject | Fasciola | en |
dc.subject | Mastitis | en |
dc.subject | Metritis | en |
dc.subject | Pregnancy | en |
dc.subject | toxaemia | en |
dc.subject | Risk factor | en |
dc.subject | Sheep | en |
dc.subject | Trematode | en |
dc.subject | beta-Hydroxybuturate | en |
dc.subject | BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID | en |
dc.subject | IN-OVINE NEUTROPHILS | en |
dc.subject | FASCIOLA-HEPATICA | en |
dc.subject | DICROCOELIUM-DENDRITICUM | en |
dc.subject | KETONE-BODIES | en |
dc.subject | DAIRY-COWS | en |
dc.subject | MANNHEIMIA-HAEMOLYTICA | en |
dc.subject | SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS | en |
dc.subject | NONSPECIFIC IMMUNITY | en |
dc.subject | HEALTH MANAGEMENT | en |
dc.subject | Veterinary Sciences | en |
dc.title | Trematode infections in pregnant ewes can predispose to mastitis during the subsequent lactation period | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |
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