Davies, P. L. Blanchard, A. M. Staley, C. E. Bollard, N. J. Coffey, T. J. Tötemeyer, S.
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BMC Microbiology
BackgroundFootrot and interdigital dermatitis are endemic infectious diseases in all sheep farming regions, impairing welfare and production. The development of efficacious vaccines against the primary causative pathogen has been hampered by the extensive antigenic diversity of Dichelobacter nodosus. Understanding the heterogeneity of the pathogen ...
Fan, Yixuan Liang, Yaxu Deng, Kaiping Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Guomin Zhang, Yanli Wang, Feng
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BMC Genomics
BackgroundDNA methylation is an epigenetic regulatory form that plays an important role in regulating the gene expression and the tissues development.. However, DNA methylation regulators involved in sheep muscle development remain unclear. To explore the functional importance of genome-scale DNA methylation during sheep muscle growth, this study s...
Martínez-Rodriguez, Lorena C. Tafur-Gómez, Gabriel Andres Guzman-Barragan, Blanca Lisseth
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Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Sheep and goats are susceptible to infections with Toxoplasma gondii and could play an important role in the transmission of the zoonotic parasite to human. We conducted a cross sectional study to estimate the seroprevalence and to assess the risk factors for T. gondii seropositivity in small ruminants under traditional husbandry systems. This stud...
Rochus, Christina Marie Jonas, Elisabeth Johansson, Anna M.
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BMC Genetics
BackgroundNative Swedish sheep breeds are part of the North European short-tailed sheep group; characterized in part by their genetic uniqueness. Our objective was to study the population structure of native Swedish sheep. Five breeds were genotyped using the 600 K SNP array. Dalapäls and Klövsjö sheep are from the middle of Sweden; Gotland and Gut...
Abecia, José A. Keller, Matthieu Chemineau, Philippe Delgadillo, José A.
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Heliyon
Agricultural science; Animal science; Animal breeding; Endocrinology; Reproductive hormone; Physiology; Veterinary sciences; Sheep; LH; Ram; Sexual behavior; Anestrus
Lehmann, Jesper Overgård Odgaard, Mette Vestergaard Kristensen, Troels
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Open Agriculture
This study set out to investigate possible relationships between lamb carcass weight and quality with feed availability during the main growing season in southern Greenland where farms are sparsely distributed over a large area. In early May, ewes and new-born lambs are let out to graze permanent nature areas until slaughter towards the end of Sept...
Han, Peng-fei Zhang, Rong Gao, Yang-yang Li, Peng-cui Wei, Xiao-chun Lv, Zhi
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Medical Science Monitor : International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research
Background Our objective was to establish and compare three-dimensional models of knee joints of mini-pigs and sheep, the 2 most commonly used animal models of osteoarthritis. Material/Methods Three-dimensional geometric models of knee joints were used to assess their biomechanical properties by analysis of the three-dimensional finite element stre...
Almeida, Fabiana A Albuquerque, Ana Cláudia A Bassetto, César C Starling, Renan Z C Lins, José Gabriel G Amarante, Alessandro F T
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Veterinary parasitology
The objective of this trial was to evaluate the period of spelling necessary for a pasture to become free of contamination by infective larvae of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) of sheep, in different seasons of the year, as well as to determine when the greatest pasture contamination occurs and how long it lasts. An area was divided into four pad...
Røtterud, O.J. Gravning, G.E.N. Hauge, S.J. Alvseike, O.
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MethodsX
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Yan, Xinlei Han, Wenying Wang, Yang Zhang, Hongbo Gao, Zhihui
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Parasite
Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic parasite that can infect almost all warm-blooded animals, including humans, and infection may result in many adverse effects on animal husbandry production. Animal husbandry in Inner Mongolia is well developed, but data on T. gondii infection in sheep are lacking. In this study, we determined the seropreva...
