- Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
- Vol: 35 Issue: 3
- Massive toxoplasma abortions in a dairy sheep flock and therapeutic approach with different doses of...
Massive toxoplasma abortions in a dairy sheep flock and therapeutic approach with different doses of sulfadimidine
Authors : Nektarios D. Giadinis, Konstantinos Terpsidis, Anastasia Diakou, Victoria Siarkou, Panayiotis Loukopoulos
Pages : 207-211
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Publication Date : 9999-12-31
Article Type : Makaleler
Abstract :In a 500 head dairy sheep flock in Northern Greece, massive abortions (60%) were observed at 110-130 days of gestation. Attempts were made to treat the abortions with oxytetracyclin L.A. 20% but they were not successful. Toxoplasmosis was confirmed by laboratory examination of blood sera of ewes, aborted fetuses, and fetal brain samples. The remaining 200 pregnant sheep were divided in 2 groups of 100 ewes each. Animals of Group 1 were treated with 20 mg/kg b.w. sulfadimidine every other day 4 times, while the animals in Group 2 received 33 mg/kg b.w. sulfadimidine every other day 4 times via i.m. route. Considerable reductions in abortions were observed. The treatments were more effective in Group 2. Lactation started in both groups after treatment and satisfactory milk was produced.Keywords : Key words: sheep, toxoplasmosis, abortions, treatment, sulfadimidine