Original Scientific Article
Health status in sheep under different breeding conditions - latent thermal stress and endoparasitic invasions
M. Pogacnik * ,
Polona Juntes ,
M. Dobeic

Mac Vet Rev 1998; 27 (1): 47 - 54

636.3.083.6

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,
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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


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Citation Information

Macedonian Veterinary Review. Volume 27, Issue 1-2, Pages 47-54, p-ISSN 1409-7621, 1998