Original Scientific Article
Health status in sheep under different breeding conditions - latent thermal stress and endoparasitic invasions
M. Pogacnik
*
,
Polona Juntes
,
M. Dobeic
Received: 15 October 1998
Received in revised form: 15 October 1998
Accepted: 15 October 1998
Available Online First: 15 October 1998
Published on: 15 October 1998
Correspondence: M. Pogacnik,
Abstract
Climate is one of factors that can affect some animal physiological processes, Which can be shown on the animal health status and production outcomes. Due to latent thermal stress (sensible heat loss), decreased immune resistance can occur and the result can be manifested in higher incidence in intestinal parasite's infestation . The scope of our investigation was to establish the influence of different grazing conditions on the body surface temperatures measured on different parts of animal and correlation with lower weight gain and higher incidence in parasite infestation. The results showed that climate and weather conditions could influence the body surface temperature considerably, but the differences estab lished between animals at various grazing conditions in our preliminary measurements, were insignificant.
Keywords: sheep breeding, climate, intestinal parasites, body surface temperature
Citation Information
Macedonian Veterinary Review. Volume 27, Issue 1-2, Pages 47-54, p-ISSN 1409-7621, 1998