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History and genetic diversity of African sheep: Contrasting phenotypic and genomic diversity. [PDF]

Anim Genet
Domesticated sheep have adapted to contrasting and extreme environments and continue to play important roles in local community-based economies throughout Africa. Here we review the Neolithic migrations of thin-tailed sheep and the later introductions of
Da Silva A, Ahbara A, Baazaoui I, Jemaa SB, Cao Y, Ciani E, Dzomba EF, Evans L, Gootwine E, Hanotte O, Harris L, Li MH, Mastrangelo S, Missohou A, Molotsi A, Muchadeyi FC, Mwacharo JM, Tallet G, Vernus P, Hall SJG, Lenstra JA.   +20 more
europepmc   +9 more sources

Serum pregnancy-associated glycoprotein profiles during early gestation in Karya and Konya Merino sheep. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
Background: Reported as being expressed by mono- and binucleate placental cells, pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) are released into the blood circulation from the ruminant placenta.
Akköse M, Çınar EM, Yazlık MO, Kaya U, Polat Y, Çebi Ç, Özbeyaz C, Vural MR.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Risk factors associated with the infection of sheep with Dichelobacter nodosus. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Ovine footrot is a highly contagious foot disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus (D. nodosus). In a recent report, we showed a prevalence of 42.9% D. nodosus positive swabs across Germany.
Storms J, Wirth A, Vasiliadis D, Jores J, Kuhnert P, Distl O.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Serological Diversity of Dichelobacter nodosus in German Sheep Flocks. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2022
Footrot is one of the major causes of lameness in sheep and leads to decreased animal welfare and high economic losses. The causative agent is the Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus. The prevalence of D.
Budnik M, Struck AK, Storms J, Wirth A, Jores J, Kuhnert P, Distl O.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

PrPSc spreading patterns in the brain of sheep linked to different prion types. [PDF]

Vet Res, 2011
Scrapie in sheep and goats has been known for more than 250 years and belongs nowadays to the so-called prion diseases that also include e.g. bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. According to the prion
Wemheuer WM, Benestad SL, Wrede A, Wemheuer WE, Brenig B, Bratberg B, Schulz-Schaeffer WJ.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Retrospective analysis of 302 ovine dystocia cases presented to a veterinary hospital with particular attention to uterine torsion

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1683-1693, July 2022., 2022
302 cases of ovine dystocia submitted to a veterinary hospital were studied retrospectively. Uterine torsion was identified as a relevant cause of dystocia in this case load, and year‐round housing was identified as the most influential factor predisposing to this condition.
Viktoria Balasopoulou, Yury Zablotski, Holm Zerbe, Katja Voigt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with ewe and lamb survival, and subsequent reproductive performance of sheep undergoing emergency caesarean section

Reproduction in Domestic Animals, Volume 56, Issue 1, Page 120-129, January 2021., 2021
Abstract Clinical records of all 212 ewes undergoing emergency caesarean surgery at a veterinary teaching hospital between January 2008 and December 2019 were evaluated retrospectively. Their age ranged from 1 to 10 years (median = 4 years), with German merino the predominant breed (48.1% of cases).
Katja Voigt, Nour‐Addeen Najm, Yury Zablotski, Anna Rieger, Panajota Vassiliadis, Patricia Steckeler, Simone Schabmeyer, Viktoria Balasopoulou, Holm Zerbe   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid testing leads to the underestimation of the scrapie prevalence in an affected sheep and goat flock [PDF]

, 2007
To obtain a more detailed understanding of the prevalence of classical scrapie infections in a heavily affected German sheep flock (composed of 603 sheep and 6 goats), we analysed 169 sheep and 6 goats that carried the genotypes susceptible to the ...
Bellmann, Steffi, Buda, Silke, Budras, Klaus-Dieter, Buschmann, Anne, Erhardt, Georg, Fries, Reinhard, Groschup, Martin H., Hoffmann, Christine, Knobloch, Hartmut, Reckling, Karl-Friedrich, Reckzeh, Claudia   +10 more
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Evaluation of Some Reproductive Performance of Ewes, Livability and Growth Traits of Lambs of Akkaraman in Breeder Flocks in Niğde/Bor Province [PDF]

, 2023
Conducted within the National Sheep and Goat Breeding “subproject: Akkaraman Sheep Breeding Project under farmer conditions in Nigde’s Bor district” between 2018 and 2022, the current study evaluated the reproductive characteristics of ewes as well as ...
Ahmet Şekeroğlu, Mustafa Duman, Yüksel Aksoy   +2 more
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Improving Growth Rates in Turcana Indigenous Sheep Breed Using German Blackheaded Mutton Rams

Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023
Improving growth rates in indigenous Turcana breed should be one of the most important objectives for sheep specialists, do to the fact that over 70% of the sheep population from Romania is represented by the breed. Researches were carried out in a commercial farm from Timis county, on a number of 48 crossbreed F1 German Blackheaded Mutton x Turcana ...
Dinu Gavojdian, Maria Sauer, Nicolae Pacala, Ioan Padeanu, Sorin Voia   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source