Associations between Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection Burden and Lying Behaviour as Measured by Accelerometers in Periparturient Ewes.
accelerometers
gastrointestinal nematodes
lying behaviour
periparturient ewes
precision livestock farming
sheep
Journal
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 Sep 2022
13 Sep 2022
Historique:
received:
22
07
2022
revised:
25
08
2022
accepted:
12
09
2022
entrez:
23
9
2022
pubmed:
24
9
2022
medline:
24
9
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The application of precision livestock farming (PLF) technologies will underpin new strategies to support the control of livestock disease. However, PLF technology is underexploited within the sheep industry compared to other livestock sectors, and research is essential to identify opportunities for PLF applications. These opportunities include the control of endemic sheep disease such as parasitic gastroenteritis, caused by gastrointestinal nematode infections, which is estimated to cost the European sheep industry EUR 120 million annually. In this study, tri-axial accelerometers recorded the behaviour of 54 periparturient Welsh Mule ewes to discover if gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infection burden, as measured by faecal egg count (FEC), was associated with behavioural variation. Linear mixed models identified that increasing FECs in periparturient ewes were significantly associated with a greater number of lying bouts per day and lower bout durations (
Identifiants
pubmed: 36139252
pii: ani12182393
doi: 10.3390/ani12182393
pmc: PMC9495098
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Subventions
Organisme : Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
ID : Enhancing HE-FE Collaboration in Innovation and Engagement Activity 2017-18
Organisme : KESS2
ID : n/a
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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