• 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 ...
    • The feasibility and acceptability of various bovine brucellosis control strategies in India 

      Dhand N.K., Singh J., Josan H.S., Singh B.B., Jaswal N., Tiwari H.K., Kostoulas P., Khatkar M.S., Aulakh R.S., Kaur M., Gill J.P.S. (2021)
      Bovine brucellosis is a neglected zoonotic disease prevalent in several developing countries including India. It has been successfully controlled in many developed countries by using vaccination in conjunction with extensive ...
    • Fertility rate of short-term progestagen pretreated ewes in relation to breed: A field study 

      Papadopoulos S., Deligiannis C., Theodosiadou E.K., Kantas D., Th. L., Goulas P., Fthenakis G.C., Valasi I. (2017)
      The effect of short-term instead of long-term progestagen treatment on fertility of Karagouniko and Chios ewes, after natural mating or artificial insemination, was investigated. Two experiments were performed during the ...
    • Investigation of Fas (APO-1)-Related Apoptosis in Piglets Intradermally or Intramuscularly Vaccinated with a Commercial PRRSV MLV 

      Maragkakis G., Korou L.-M., Chaintoutis S.C., Christodoulopoulos G., Dovas C.I., Perrea D., Athanasiou L.V., Konstantopoulos P., Maes D., Papatsiros V.G. (2022)
      Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) induces apoptosis through the activation of death receptors, including cell-surface Fas receptor. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of intradermal ...
    • Neospora caninum, A potential cause of reproductive failure in dairy cows from Northern Greece 

      Lefkaditis M., Mpairamoglou R., Sossidou A., Spanoudis K., Tsakiroglou M. (2020)
      Neospora caninum infection has been reported in a large number of intermediate hosts, such as ruminants, rabbits, mice, etc. but neosporosis has emerged as a serious disease in cattle and dogs worldwide. Abortions and other ...
    • Ram seminal plasma and fertility: Results from an ongoing field study 

      Belibasaki, S.; Amiridis, G. S.; Lymberopoulos, A.; Varsakeli, S.; Kouskoura, T. (2000)
      The effects of partial replacement of ram semen diluent with ram seminal plasma on the fertility of ewes were studied. Crossbred Chios ewes (n = 152) were assigned to six groups. The oestrous cycles of the ewes were ...
    • A study on stress response and fertility parameters in phenotypically thermotolerant and thermosensitive dairy cows during summer heat stress 

      Nanas I., Chouzouris T.-M., Dadouli K., Dovolou E., Stamperna K., Barbagianni M., Valasi I., Tsiaras A., Amiridis G.S. (2020)
      It is well documented that heat stress (HS) causes subfertility in dairy cows. However, during the last ten years we have been observing that, under high temperature–humidity index (THI ≥ 75), despite the overall reduced ...