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Including genomic information in the genetic evaluation of production and reproduction traits in South African Merino sheep

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Volume 141, Issue 1, Page 65-82, January 2024.
Abstract Genomic selection (GS) has become common in sheep breeding programmes in Australia, New Zealand, France and Ireland but requires validation in South Africa (SA). This study aimed to compare the predictive ability, bias and dispersion of pedigree BLUP (ABLUP) and single‐step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP) for production and reproduction traits in South
Cornelius Nel, Phillip Gurman, Andrew Swan, Julius van der Werf, Margaretha Snyman, Kennedy Dzama, Willem Olivier, Anna Scholtz, Schalk Cloete   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Isolation of Treponema spp from Ovine Footrot Lesions, Finding Evidence for Contagious Ovine Digital Dermatitis [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery
Contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD), a severe lameness-causing bacterial foot disease, significantly impacts the sheep industry's economy and welfare.
Vahid Zojaji, Azam Mokhtari, Ahmadreza Mohamadnia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines for sheep

Australian Veterinary Journal, Volume 102, Issue 4, Page 103-142, April 2024.
R Batey, P Nilon, SW Page, GF Browning, JM Norris   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

PREVALENCE OF CLINICALLY MANIFESTING FOOTROT IN CANTON SARAJEVO

Veterinaria, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate clinicallly manifesting footrot in sheep. The monitoring was conducted during April – December, 2010 in the area of Canton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Clinical monitoring included 9 flocks, with a total of 1.
Nasir Sinanović, Amel Ćutuk, Amir Zahirović, Denis Čamo, Agnesa Čoralić   +4 more
doaj  

Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines for dairy cattle

Australian Veterinary Journal, Volume 102, Issue 4, Page 143-186, April 2024.
JK House, MM Izzo, SW Page, GF Browning, JM Norris, on behalf of the Australian Veterinary Association Ltd and Animal Medicines Australia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic and phenotypic aspects of foot lesion scores in sheep of different breeds and ages

Animal, 2008
Footrot is a costly endemic disease of sheep. This study investigates the potential to decrease its prevalence through selective breeding for decreased lesion score. Pedigreed mule and Scottish Blackface (SBF) ewes were scored for lesions on each hoof on
G.J. Nieuwhof, J. Conington, L. Bűnger, W. Haresign, S.C. Bishop   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aetiology, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Control of Foot-Related Lameness in Dairy Sheep

Animals, 2019
During the last twenty years, considerable research efforts have recognized the consequences of foot-related lameness primarily in cattle, and meat and wool sheep.
Athanasios I. Gelasakis, Aphrodite I. Kalogianni, Ioannis Bossis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A field study on rational choice of medication: The use of Tilmicosin and Cefquinome in ovine footrot treatment

Revista Científica
In veterinary medicine, it is extremely important to use drugs that will not put human health at risk. In the treatment of animal diseases, the preference of drugs that accumulate in muscle tissue (meat) and are excreted from the body with milk because ...
Ferit Yıldız, Musa Gençcelep
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of two different methods for sampling and detection of Dichelobacter nodosus and Fusobacterium necrophorum in dairy cows in Eastern Slovakia

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2018
The aim of our study was to find the most appropriate way of sample collection from cattle feet as well as to assess simple and effective sample processing, including DNA extraction for reliable diagnosis of bacteria Dichelobacter nodosus and ...
Adriana Osová, Ivana Segurado Benito Pilipčincová, Ján Király, Michal Dolník, Pavol Mudroň   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Erratum: Field validation of a non-carcinogenic and eco-friendly disinfectant in a stand-in footbath for treatment of footrot associated with aprV2-positive strains of Dichelobacter nodosus in Swiss sheep flocks. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci, 2023
Frontiers Production Office.
europepmc   +1 more source