Associated risk factors influencing ovine Eimeria infections in southern Spain

Carrau Garreta, Tessa; Silva, L.M.R.; Pérez, D.; Failing, K.; Martínez Carrasco-Pleite, Carlos; Macías, J.; Taubert, A.; Hermosilla, C.; Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío

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Associated risk factors influencing ovine Eimeria infections in southern Spain

dc.contributor.author	Carrau Garreta, Tessa
dc.contributor.author	Silva, L.M.R.
dc.contributor.author	Pérez, D.
dc.contributor.author	Failing, K.
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Carrasco-Pleite, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Macías, J.
dc.contributor.author	Taubert, A.
dc.contributor.author	Hermosilla, C.
dc.contributor.author	Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío
dc.contributor.department	Sanidad Animal
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-01T13:17:09Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-01T13:17:09Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description	©2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Veterinary Parasitology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.10.004
dc.description.abstract	Eimeria infections are common in sheep industry worldwide nonetheless very little is known on infection dynamics and associated risk factors influencing the outcome of clinical ovine coccidiosis. The aim of the present work was to analyse intrinsic (e. g. host age) and extrinsic (flock size, farm size and animal density) risk factors influencing dynamics of Eimeria spp. infections in sheep farms of the semi-arid region of Murcia in southern Spain. Overall, 64 ovine flocks in Murcia were surveyed and a total of 396 faecal samples were collected between May and July 2015. Flotation and McMaster techniques were performed for parasitological investigation. Excreted oocysts were identified on the basis of morphological as well as morphometric characteristics. In all analysed samples Eimeria spp. oocysts (100%) were found and 11 different Eimeria species were identified. Most prevalent species was E. ovinoidalis (97%) followed by E. parva/E.pallida (97%), E. weybridgensis (90.9%) and E. crandallis (89.4%), respectively. Concomitant infections with more than one Eimeria species were observed in all analysed samples. Analysis of intrinsic/extrinsic risk factor revealed age, herd/farm size and animal density to be the main factors significantly influencing Eimeria oocysts per gram of faeces counts (OPG) and overall prevalence of Eimeria spp. infections in sheep.	es
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.10.004
dc.identifier.eisbn	Veterinary Parasitology, 263 (2018): 54-58	es
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 0304-4017
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/138448
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
dc.subject	Eimeria	es
dc.subject	Ovine	es
dc.subject	Risk factors	es
dc.subject	Coccidiosis	es
dc.subject	Intrinsic and extrinsic factors	es
dc.title	Associated risk factors influencing ovine Eimeria infections in southern Spain	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es