Diarrhoea in neonatal small ruminants: Updated review and proposed measures for its control in Greece.

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Published: Jan 31, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.15653
S. K. KRITAS (Σ.Κ. ΚΡΗΤΑΣ)
Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly
H. KARATZIAS (Χ. ΚΑΡΑΤΖΙΑΣ)
Clinic of Productive Animal Medicine Faculty of Veterinaiy Medicine, University of Thessaloniki
C. ALEXOPOULOS (Κ. ΑΛΕΞΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ)
Clinic of Obstetrics and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinaiy Medicine, University of Thessaloniki
S. C. KYRIAKIS (Σ.Κ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ)
Clinic of Productive Animal Medicine Faculty of Veterinaiy Medicine, University of Thessaloniki
Abstract

Diarrhoea in neonatal small ruminants appears to be responsible for substantial financial losses in sheep and goat enterprises worldwide, including Greece. Enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens type B, rotavirus, Coronavirus, Cryptosporidium spp, and Eimeria spp. are the main causes of scour problems in neonatal lambs and kids up to the age of 3-4 weeks. In this study, a review of the causative agents, their pathogenesis, and clinical and autopsy findings possibly helpful for diagnosis is attempted. Moreover, appropriate therapeutic and preventive measures for effective control of diarhoea, and measures for controlling the speading of the causative agents among sheep and goat farms, are suggested.

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