Flock health survey of Irish Texel society breeders and larynx examination in Texel sheep.
Flock health
Laryngeal chondritis
Larynx
Ovine
Pathology
Texel
Journal
Irish veterinary journal
ISSN: 0368-0762
Titre abrégé: Ir Vet J
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 0100762
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
06
05
2020
accepted:
28
07
2020
entrez:
13
8
2020
pubmed:
13
8
2020
medline:
13
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Laryngeal chondritis is a disease of undetermined aetiology, characterised by oedema, ulceration, abscessation and necrosis of the laryngeal mucosa and cartilage. The initial aim of the study was to document flock health issues identified by Irish pedigree Texel breeders using a questionnaire survey. Additionally, given the reports of breed predisposition for laryngeal chondritis in Texels, a further aim was to identify if laryngeal problems were perceived as an issue. Work was then conducted to identify if pre-clinical laryngeal mucosal pathology was identifiable in Texel sheep showing no overt clinical signs of respiratory disease and if associations existed between laryngeal measurements and laryngeal pathology.Thirty one larynges were collected from a Texel flock that previously had laryngeal chondritis diagnosed in fallen stock. Gross visual inspection was performed to identify and grade (0-5) laryngeal pathology. A series of measurements were then performed on larynges that had been formalin fixed. Associations between independent variables (larynx measurements) and the dependent variable (laryngeal pathology score) were examined. Respiratory disease was the most frequently identified health issue. Farmer-diagnosed 'throat problems' were reported by over 80% of respondents.Laryngeal pathology was noted in Texels showing no overt clinical signs of respiratory disease. Associations between laryngeal measurements and laryngeal pathology were identified relating to the angle between the cranial point of the cricoid cartilage and the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage. Mild laryngeal pathology was noted in animals with no overt clinical signs of respiratory disease. Future research should examine whether significant associations between laryngeal measurements and laryngeal pathology identified in the current study can be measured ante mortem, and whether such ante mortem measurements will allow early identification of sheep at risk of developing laryngeal chondritis.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Laryngeal chondritis is a disease of undetermined aetiology, characterised by oedema, ulceration, abscessation and necrosis of the laryngeal mucosa and cartilage. The initial aim of the study was to document flock health issues identified by Irish pedigree Texel breeders using a questionnaire survey. Additionally, given the reports of breed predisposition for laryngeal chondritis in Texels, a further aim was to identify if laryngeal problems were perceived as an issue. Work was then conducted to identify if pre-clinical laryngeal mucosal pathology was identifiable in Texel sheep showing no overt clinical signs of respiratory disease and if associations existed between laryngeal measurements and laryngeal pathology.Thirty one larynges were collected from a Texel flock that previously had laryngeal chondritis diagnosed in fallen stock. Gross visual inspection was performed to identify and grade (0-5) laryngeal pathology. A series of measurements were then performed on larynges that had been formalin fixed. Associations between independent variables (larynx measurements) and the dependent variable (laryngeal pathology score) were examined.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Respiratory disease was the most frequently identified health issue. Farmer-diagnosed 'throat problems' were reported by over 80% of respondents.Laryngeal pathology was noted in Texels showing no overt clinical signs of respiratory disease. Associations between laryngeal measurements and laryngeal pathology were identified relating to the angle between the cranial point of the cricoid cartilage and the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Mild laryngeal pathology was noted in animals with no overt clinical signs of respiratory disease. Future research should examine whether significant associations between laryngeal measurements and laryngeal pathology identified in the current study can be measured ante mortem, and whether such ante mortem measurements will allow early identification of sheep at risk of developing laryngeal chondritis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32782785
doi: 10.1186/s13620-020-00170-2
pii: 170
pmc: PMC7414555
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
16Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsNo conflict of interest exists.
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