Administration of a long-acting antiparasitic to pre-pubertal ewe-lambs in Greece results in earlier reproductive activity and improved reproductive performance

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 139-144

  Mavrogianni, V S ^a   Papadopoulos, E ^b   Fragkou, I A ^a   Gougoulis, D A ^a   Valasi, I ^a   Orfanou, D C ^a   Ptochos, S ^b   Gallidis, E ^b   Fthenakis, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Moxidectin; Parasitism; Puberty; Reproductive performance; Sheep reproduction

Indexed keywords

MOXIDECTIN;

ABORTION; ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; GREECE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; STILLBIRTH; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; MACROLIDES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE;

EID: 79953164100     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.045     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Adams D.B. A preliminary evaluation of factors affecting an experimental system for vaccination and challenge with Haemonhus contortus in sheep. Int. J. Parasitol. 1989, 19:169-175.
2. Arsenos G., Fortomaris P., Papadopoulos E., Kufidis D., Stamataris C., Zygoyiannis D. Meat quality of lambs of indigenous dairy Greek breeds as influenced by dietary protein and gastrointestinal nematode challenge. Meat Sci. 2007, 76:779-786.
3. Bell A.W. Regulation of organic nutrient metabolism during transition from late pregnancy to early lactation. J. Anim. Sci. 1995, 73:2804-2819.
4. Brozos C., Mavrogianni V.S., Fthenakis G.C. Treatment and control of peri-parturient metabolic diseases: pregnancy toxaemia, hypocalcaemia, hypomagnesaemia. Vet. Clin. N. Am. Food Anim. Pract. 2010, 27(1). doi:10.1016/j.cvfa.2010.10.004.
5. Coop R.L., Sykes A.R., Angus K.W. The effect of three levels of intake of Ostertagia circumcincta larvae on growth rate, food intake and body composition of growing lambs. J. Agric. Sci., Camb. 1982, 98:247-255.
6. Ebling J.F.P. The neuroendocrine timing of puberty. Reproduction 2005, 129:675-683.
7. Foster D.L., Yellon S.M., Olster D.H. Internal and external determinants of the timing of puberty in the female. J. Reprod. Fertil. 1985, 75:327-344.
8. Fthenakis G.C. Effects of retention of fetal membranes on subsequent reproductive performance of dairy ewes. Theriogenology 2001, 61:129-135.
9. Fthenakis G.C., Papadopoulos E., Himonas C. Effects of three anthelmintic regimes on milk yield of ewes and growth of lambs. J. Vet. Med. A 2005, 52:78-82.
10. Goff J.P., Horst R.L. Physiological changes at parturition and their relationship to metabolic disorders. J. Dairy Sci. 1997, 80:1260-1268.
11. Gordon I. Controlled Reproduction in Sheep & Goats 1997, CAB International, Oxford, 450 pp.
12. Keisler D.H., Buckrell B.C. Breeding strategies. Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology 1997, 603-611. Saunders, Philadelphia. R.S. Youngquist (Ed.).
13. Lozano J.M., Lonergan P., Boland M.P., O'Callaghan D. Influence of nutrition on the effectiveness of superovulation programmes in ewes: effect on oocyte quality and post-fertilization development. Reproduction 2003, 125:543-553.
14. Martin G.B., Milton J.T.B., Davidson R.H., Banchero Hunzicker G.E., Lindsay D.R., Blache D. Natural methods for increasing reproductive efficiency in small ruminants. Anim. Rep. Sci. 2004, 82-83:231-245.
15. Menzies P.I. Reproductive health management problems. Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology 1997, 643-649. Saunders, Philadelphia. R.S. Youngquist (Ed.).
16. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Manual of Veterinary Parasitological Laboratory Techniques, Reference Book 418 1986, HMSO, London.
17. Noakes D.E. Veterinary control of herd fertility. Veterinary Reproduction & Obstetrics 1996, 423-452. Saunders, London. 7th ed. G.H. Arthur, D.E. Noakes, H. Pearson, T.J. Parkinson (Eds.).
18. O'Riordan E.G., Hanrahan J.P. Advancing first estrus in ewe lambs. Farm Food Res. 1989, 20:25-27.
19. Osaer S., Goossens B., Kora S., Jeffcoate I. Effects of Trypanosoma congolense infection and diet on puberty, age at first lambing and haematology changes in Djallonke ewe lambs. Vet. Parasitol. 1999, 80:215-230.
20. Papadopoulos E. Anthelmintic resistance in sheep nematodes. Small Rumin. Res. 2008, 76:99-103.
21. Papadopoulos E., Fragkou I.A., Mavrogianni V.S., Gougoulis D.A., Orfanou D.C., Gallidis E., Ptochos S., Taitzoglou I.A., Parker L., Fthenakis G.C. Persistent efficacy of long-acting moxidectin for control of trichostrongylid infections of sheep. Small Rumin. Res. 2009, 81:171-173.
22. Prasad B.M., Conover C.D., Sarkar D.K., Rabii J., Advis J.P. Feed restriction in prepubertal lambs: effect on puberty onset and on in vivo release of luteinizing-hormone-releasing hormone, neuropeptide Y and beta-endorphin from the posterior-lateral median eminence. Neuroendocrinology 1993, 57:1171-1181.
23. Scaramuzzi R.J., Campbell B.K., Downing J.A., Kendall N.R., Khalid M., Munoz-Gutierrez M., Somchit A. A review of the effects of supplementary nutrition in the ewe on the concentrations of reproductive and metabolic hormones and the mechanisms that regulate folliculogenesis and ovulation rate. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 2006, 46:339-354.
24. Schneider J.E., Zhou D., Blum R.M. Leptin and metabolic control of reproduction. Horm. Behav. 2000, 37:306-326.
25. Smith J.F. Nutrition and ovulation rate in the ewe. Aus. J. Biol. Sci. 1988, 41:27-36.
26. Solomons N.W. Pathways to the impairment of human nutritional status by gastrointestinal pathogens. Parasitology 1993, 107:S19-S35.
27. Stellflug J.N., Weems Y.S., Weems C.W. Clinical reproductive physiology of ewes. Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology 1997, 594-598. Saunders, Philadelphia. R.S. Youngquist (Ed.).
28. Sykes A.R., Poppi D.P., Elliott D.C. Effect of concurrent infection with Ostertagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus colubriformis on the performance of growing lambs consuming fresh herbage. J. Agric. Sci., Camb. 1988, 110:531-541.
29. Taylor M.A. Parasitological examinations in sheep health management. Small Rumin. Res. 2010, 92:120-125.
30. Valasi I., Menegatos I., Papanikolaou Th., Goulas P., Amiridis G.S. Oocyte pick-up in juvenile lambs affects neither onset of puberty nor their future fertility. Theriogenology 2006, 66:2144-2151.
31. Van Houtert M.F.J., Sykes A.R. Implications of nutrition for the ability of ruminants to withstand gastrointestinal nematode infection. Int. J. Parasitol. 1996, 26:1151-1168.
32. Van Wyk J.A., Cabaret J., Michael L.M. Morphological identification of nematode larvae of small ruminants and cattle simplified. Vet. Parasitol. 2004, 119:277-306.