The influence of sheep age group on the seasonal prevalence of oestrosis in the island of Majorca

Autor:	Claudia Paredes-Esquivel, D. Borràs, Miriam Monerris, Ricardo del Río, Miguel Angel Miranda, Luis M. Laglera
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Veterinary medicine Aging Sheep Time Factors General Veterinary biology Diptera Sheep Diseases General Medicine Seasonality biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Oestrus ovis Myiasis Spain Air temperature medicine Animals Parasitology Seasons Adult sheep Correlation test Ovis
Zdroj:	Veterinary parasitology. 186(3-4)
ISSN:	1873-2550
Popis:	Oestrosis is highly prevalent in Mediterranean countries. Understanding the life cycle of Oestrus ovis is crucial to design effective control measures of this myiasis, largely based on the use of macrocyclic lactones. We carried out a survey of ovine oestrosis in the island of Majorca (Spain) and found that 46.03% of animals were infested in a 13-month period. Interestingly, we found significant differences in oestrosis prevalences in winter and autumn when separating the animals by group of age (P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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