{"title":"Causes of ovine abortion, vaccination protocols and uptake: an overview","authors":"Charlotte Jones, David Charles","doi":"10.12968/live.2023.28.4.172","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Ovine abortion is a worldwide problem for sheep farmers, and can have a variety of infectious and non-infectious causes. The most notable infectious causes are Chlamydia abortus and Toxoplasma gondii, but there are a range of pathogens known to farmers and vets. Diagnosis is achieved by post-mortem examination of aborted lambs and testing of samples including, but not limited to, the foetal membranes and placenta. There are several efficacious vaccines available in the UK targeting abortion-associated pathogens, mainly to be administered before mating. Vaccine uptake is variable, and more emphasis on farmers complying with protocols needed.","PeriodicalId":100879,"journal":{"name":"Livestock","volume":"267 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Livestock","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/live.2023.28.4.172","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ovine abortion is a worldwide problem for sheep farmers, and can have a variety of infectious and non-infectious causes. The most notable infectious causes are Chlamydia abortus and Toxoplasma gondii, but there are a range of pathogens known to farmers and vets. Diagnosis is achieved by post-mortem examination of aborted lambs and testing of samples including, but not limited to, the foetal membranes and placenta. There are several efficacious vaccines available in the UK targeting abortion-associated pathogens, mainly to be administered before mating. Vaccine uptake is variable, and more emphasis on farmers complying with protocols needed.