Fig. 1
Interaction of estrogenic and lactogenic hormones and nematode faecal egg count in the pregnancy and lactation of hair ewes. Elaborated with the information of several authors (Kann and Denamur, 1973; Convey, 1974; Ranilla et al., 1994; González-Garduño et al., 2014; Miura et al., 2019).
Table 1
References related to peripartum rise in ewes by breed, type of infection and main topic attended, as well as the variable response studied.
| Breed | N | Infection | Preg - Lact | Topic | FEC | PV | HV | Cells | Igs | Horm | Sp | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross | 18 | Nat | Preg-Lact | Season | X | Procter (1968) | ||||||
| Merino | 61 | Nat | -150 to 60 | Season | X | W | O'Sullivan and Donald (1970) | |||||
| Udah | 14 | Nat | FEC | X | Van Geldorp and Van Veen (1976) | |||||||
| Mules | 20 | Nat | -42 to 42 | FEC | X | W,I | Hg,P | W | Thomas and Ali (1983) | |||
| Florida Native, SC, Barbados, Ram, FD | 64 | Nat | -21 to 56 | R-S | X | Courtney et al. (1984) | ||||||
| Florida Native | 76 | Nat | -21 to 70 | R-S | X | H | Courtney et al. (1986) | |||||
| Merino | 70 | Nat | - | Season | X | L3 | Gibbs and Barger (1986) | |||||
| West African Dwarf | 40 | Nat | Preg-Lact | Season | X | W | Agyei et al. (1991) | |||||
| Greyface ewes (BL x SBF) | 28 | Einf | -84 to 21 | R-S | X | A,G,M | Pe | Jeffcoate et al. (1992) | ||||
| Merino | 395 | Nat | 0-42 | R-S | X | L3 | Woolaston (1992) | |||||
| Crosses | 44 | Nat | -14 to 21 | R-S | X | Romjali et al. (1997) | ||||||
| Mens, Horro | 2786 | Nat | -60 to 84 | Season | X | Tembely et al. (1998) | ||||||
| Greyface | 30 | Nat | -42 to 42 | Nutrition | X | I | P | T | Al,Pe | W | Houdijk et al. (2000) | |
| Barki | 18 | - | Preg-Lact | Hemat | W,P,Hg | Al,Ur,Cr | El-Sherif and Assad (2001) | |||||
| Coopworth | 96 | Nat-Exp | -30 a 84 | R-S | X | W,I | McAnulty et al. (2001) | |||||
| SBF | 200 | Nat | Lact | Genetic | X | W,I | Min | Bishop and Stear (2001) | ||||
| Hamp, Rom, WF | 27 | - | 0 to 47 | Hormonal | Lep | Mcfadin et al. (2002) | ||||||
| Merino | 120 | Nat | -52 to 97 | Nutrition | X | W,I | Kahn et al. (2003) | |||||
| Dorper | 40 | Nat | NE | Season | X | Ng'ang'a et al. (2004) | ||||||
| BL x NZR | 120 | Nat | -56 to 48 | Nutrition | X | W | T,A | Xie et al. (2004) | ||||
| Santa Ines, IDF | 22 | Nat | -150 to 60 | R-S | X | W | H,P | E | L3 | Rocha et al. (2004) | ||
| Rom x Aragonesa | 32 | Exp | -42 to 21 | Nutrition | I | H,Hg | E | Lep | W | Valderrabano et al. (2006) | ||
| Martinik | 120 | Nat | -50 to 50 | Curve | X | H | Mahieu and Aumont (2007) | |||||
| Boutsiko, Chio, cross | 33 | - | -18 to 15 | Cells | Ma,Ne | Theodorou et al. (2007) | ||||||
| Mules | 72 | Exp | -56 to 24 | Nutrition | X | W | p | AI,Ur,Pe | Kidane et al. (2009) | |||
| Merino | 128 | Exp | -50 to 42 | R-S | X | E,W,T | T,G, | W | Beasley et al. (2010) | |||
| M,A,E | ||||||||||||
| SBF x BFL | Exp | -24 to 32 | Nutrition | X | W,l | AI,Ur,Pe | Kidane et al. (2010) | |||||
| Merino | 144 | Nat | -35 to 21 | R-S | X | L3 | Williams et al. (2010b) | |||||
| Santa Inês, IDF | 120 | Nat | -35 to 49 | Nutrition | X | w | H,P | E | A,G | Rocha et al. (2004) | ||
| Santa Inês, IDF | 120 | Exp | -35 to 49 | Nutrition | X | w | H,P | E | A,G | Rocha et al. (2011) | ||
| Merino | 2500 | Nat | 56 to 68 | Curve | X | L3 | Goldberg et al. (2012a) | |||||
| Merino | 748 | Nat | 58 to 68 | Genetic | Goldberg et al. (2012b) | |||||||
| Merino | 83 | Exp | -50 to 40 | Nutrition | X | E,W,T | T | Lep | W | Beasley et al. (2012) | ||
| Mules | 24 | Exp | -56 to 31 | Nutrition | X | W,l | Pe,Ur,AI | Sakkas et al. (2012) | ||||
| Red Engadine | 78 | Nat-Exp | -13 to 29 | Nutrition | X | L3 | Werne et al. (2013) | |||||
| SC, Dorset x Finnsheep | 20 | Exp | -21 to 21 | R-S | X | H | A | Bowdridge et al. (2013) | ||||
| x Ram | ||||||||||||
| Texel | 10 | No infection | -42 to 14 | Hormonal | H,P,Hg | Al, Ur,Ch | Zárate Frutos et al. (2014) | |||||
| Katahdin x Pelibuey | 46 | Nat | -150 to 90 | Sel-Treat | X | w | H | Gonzàlez-Garduño et al. (2014) | ||||
| Col creole, Romney, Hamp, Corriedale | 43 | Nat | -150 to 60 | Drug | X | w | Vargas-Duarte et al. (2015) | |||||
| Santa Inès | 45 | Nat | Nutrition | X | H,P,Hg | W | David et al. (2015) | |||||
| Texel | 72 | Nat | -75 to 50 | Immun | X | w | A,G | Nisbet et al. (2016) | ||||
| Criollo, Suffolk | 53 | Exp | -28 to 42 | R-S | X | w | H | E | Romero-Escobedo et al. (2016) | |||
| Pelibuey | 54 | Nat | 0-75 | Sel-Treat | X | H | Arece-García et al. (2017) | |||||
| Katahdin | 931 | Nat | -20 to 80 | Curve | X | Notter et al. (2017) | ||||||
| Not specified | 240 | Nat | 0 to 90 | Sel-Treat | X | L3 | Westers et al. (2017) | |||||
| Blackbelly | 25 | Nat | -150 to 90 | R-S | X | H,P | E | A | L3 | Gonzalez-Garduno et al. (2017) | ||
| Bergamasca | 70 | Nat | Nut-Imm | H, | T | Basseto et al. (2018) | ||||||
| Blackbelly | 51 | Nat | -150 to 90 | R-S | E,W | A | L3 | Gonzalez-Garduno et al. (2018) | ||||
| Exlana | 112 | Nat | Peak | R-S | X | Vineer et al. (2019) | ||||||
| Texel, IDF | 36 | Nat | -28 to 56 | R-S | X | W | H,P | Gasparina et al. (2019) | ||||
| Mule, Cheviot, SBF, Texel | 1750 | Nat | Preg-Lact | Season | X | L3 | Hamer et al. (2019) | |||||
| Crioula Lanada | 18 | Nat | -30 to 120 | R-S | X | W | H,P | E | G | L3 | Pereira et al. (2020) | |
| German Blackhead | 23 | Nat | -30 to 30 | Citometry | X | E,W | Cor,min | Ahmed et al. (2020) | ||||
| Pelibuey | 91 | Nat | 0 to 75 | Sel-Treat | X | W | Aguirre-Serrano et al. (2020) |
[i] Breed: SC: St. Croix, Ram: Rambouillet, FD: Finnsheep x Dorset, BL: Border Leicester, SBF: Scottish Blackface, Ham: Hampshire, Rom: Romanov, WF: White Face, NZR: New Zealand Romney, IDF: Ile de France, BFL: Bluefaced Leicester, Col creole: Colombian creole, Mules: BFL x SBF, N: Number of ewes. Infection: Nat: By grazing, Exp: Experimental infection. Prg to Lact: Days from pregnancy to lactation. Topic: R-S (Resistant-Susceptibility), Sel-Treat: selective treatment. FEC: Faecal egg count. PV: Productive variables: W: Live weight, I: Feed intake, HV: Hematological variables: H: Hematocrit or packed cell volume, P: Total plasma protein, Hg: hemoglobin. Cells T: Tissue cells, E: Eosinophils, W: White blood cells, Ma: Macrophages, Ne: Neutrophils. Igs: Immunoglobulins: A:IgA, G:IgG, T:Total antibodies. Horm: Hormones: Cor: Cortisol, Al: Albumins, Pe: Pepsinogen, Ur: Urea, Ch: Cholesterol, Min: minerals, Cr: creatinine. Sp: nematode species, L3: infective larvae, W: Count of worms.