Showing papers in "Small Ruminant Research in 2012"

TL;DR: Coccidiosis is of great economic importance because of the losses due to clinical disease but also because of subclinical infections (poor weight gain in particular) and control is mainly based on hygienic measures between lambing/kidding and weaning periods and on anticoccidial compounds use.

TL;DR: Superior chemical composition revealed the potential of milk from indigenous Ethiopian goats for cheese production as well as milk yield and composition at different lactation stages.

TL;DR: The increased prevalence of anthelmintic resistance in goats can largely be explained by unique aspects of their pharmacology, immunology and behaviour, all of which need to be understood and made allowance for if they are to effectively and sustainably manage anthel Mintic Resistance in goats.

TL;DR: The somatic cell count and the California Mastitis Test represent valuable tools for mastitis screening and assessing the disease prevalence, but their predictive values are better in ewes than in goats.

TL;DR: Exposure to novel environment (CC) and social mixing can be considered an important stress for lambs, and increased levels of aggression, stereotypes and plasma cortisol levels can be used reliably to indicate welfare problems at the CC.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the proteolytic, lipolytic changes and volatile profile of Xinotyri goat's cheese (an artisanal variety produced in the mountains of Naxos, a Greek island of the Aegean Sea) during ripening.

TL;DR: Chemical and microbiological characteristics of ewe milk of Boutsiko and Karamaniko breeds and goat milk of the indigenous Greek breed (Capra prisca) were determined and the microbiological quality was generally better than that of goat milk.

TL;DR: The paper summarizes the situation of goat’s population worldwide, the status of the breeds and the multiple implications of their conservation, the interactions of goats with other animal species (wild or domestic) and the main issues regarding the consequences of goat grazing from the environmental point of view.

TL;DR: More basic knowledge of animal nutrition and GIN epidemiology under hot humid and subhumid tropical conditions is needed to improve the applicability of nutritional strategies for the control of GIN infections.

TL;DR: Increased levels of cactus pear in the diet of these sheep favours a high digestibility of nutrients, improves the quality of forage, reduces the voluntary intake of water, and thus represents an important source of fodder and water reserves for use in semiarid regions.

TL;DR: The role of heat stress and nutritional and management strategies in immune response and mammary gland health, in terms of fatty acid composition and coagulation properties, were discussed.

TL;DR: An overview of the main diseases due to pathogens belonging to genera Anaplasma, Babesia and Theileria in small ruminants is provided to develop effective control measures to prevent diseases in animals and humans and improve animal well-being and production.

TL;DR: The chemical and immunological quality of colostrum dropped quickly after the first milking, and thus goat keepers need only recover the first milked colostrums when they rear goat kids separately from dams.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used non-linear models to describe the growth pattern in Santa Ines sheep and to study the influence of environmental effects on curve parameters with the best-fit model.

TL;DR: The Bayesian assignment test showed that BAR and SAR breeds had a more definite genetic structure, whereas the lowest assignment value was found in the PIN breed, and results indicated high genetic variability, low inbreeding and low genetic differentiation, except for BAR breed, in accordance with geographical location, history, and breeding practices.

TL;DR: In this article, a multivariate analysis was conducted on 30 farms in the Spanish region of Castilla-La Mancha, where 164 technical, economic and social variables were analyzed.

TL;DR: Schmallenberg virus infections can have a comprehensive effect on production and substantial economic impact, depending on time of infection and prevalence, and Prevention and control is complicated as suitable tools are not yet available.

TL;DR: In this article, the distribution of denatured whey proteins and κ-casein in soluble and micelle-bound complexes in heat treated caprine and bovine milk (90°C, 10 min) at natural pH (6.71) were analyzed by three electrophoretic techniques: native PAGE, SDS-PAGE under reducing and non-reducing conditions.

TL;DR: As expected, the provision of shaded areas reduced the mobilization of body lipid resources and flaxseed supplementation enhanced humoral immune and thermoregulatory responses during hot season.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a survey with 47 hill farmers in mainland Scotland to understand how they have responded and responded to recent agricultural policy reforms and changes in support for hill farmers, and the future of these farming businesses is uncertain.

TL;DR: The Goat population of Sardinia accounts for a quarter of the entire goat population of Italy and a detailed clinical examination of the udder of lactating animals was carried out, and microbiological examination of milk was performed, resulting in significant results by comparing clinical findings with bacteriological positivity of milk.

TL;DR: Results from both Bayesian analysis and a neighbor-joining tree based on standard genetic distance confirmed the known patterns of relationships among these groups and (in some instances) breeds and suggest that the indigenous breeds studied have some uniqueness, which may well translate to local adaptation over time.

TL;DR: A systematic clinical examination of newborn sheep should include the implementation of the Apgar score coupled with the confirmation of any acid–base imbalances, and further research should evaluate neonatal adaptation to this critical period over a longer period of time.

TL;DR: In this article, the physicochemical and sensory properties of roe deer (M. longissimus dorsi) were investigated in the forests of north-eastern Poland, and it was found that the muscles of males had higher (P ǫ ≥ 0.01) levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids compared with females.

TL;DR: Results indicated that besides direct genetic effects, maternal effects should be included in the statistical model to obtain accurate estimates of genetic parameters for early growth traits of Iranian Baluchi lambs.

TL;DR: Six of nine infected rams had developed clinical changes in the tail of the epididymis at 30 days post-infection (dpi), but these changes regressed in 50% of these rams, and Ultrasound demonstrated an increase in the area of the tail.

TL;DR: Molecular data demonstrate geographical variations in the species of Cryptosporidium infecting small ruminants and support the possibility of transmission of zoonotic species from these hosts to humans.

TL;DR: Myiasis causing parasites are found worldwide and are especially widespread in the countries of Europe and Africa bordering the Mediterranean Basin and global warming could enable them to move northwards in Europe, with damaging consequences for the naive hosts that would thereby be exposed.

TL;DR: The main points of a rational use of anthelmintics include the dose rate, the route of administration, the annual frequency and the period of treatment, the alternative use of families and the selective treatment of high excreting animals.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the Murciano-Granadina goats' lactation curve and found that first-parity does had a lower initial level of production, later and lower peak yield, and a smaller decline in milk production after the peak.