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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-7-16
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pubmed:abstractText |
Nineteen ewes maintained under 'worm-free' conditions received anthelmintic and 1 week later were dosed on 5 days each week with 500 Teladorsagia circumcincta larvae for between 10 and 12.5 weeks. Faecal egg counts were determined twice weekly. There were three groups: pregnant (P) ewes (n = 6) which each reared twin lambs, hormone-treated (H) ewes (n = 7) which were not pregnant and were given exogenous hormones (dexamethasone, oestradiol-17 beta, progesterone) for 37 days to induce udder development and milk production, and untreated barren (B) ewes (n = 6). The plasma concentrations of oestradiol-17 beta, prolactin and progesterone were measured. Starting 10-15 days before birth in Group P, there was a biphasic periparturient rise in egg count and the onset of the first peak in egg count preceded the parturient peak in plasma prolactin concentration by several days. Most Group H (5/7) and all Group B ewes remained highly resistant to Teladorsagia infection throughout, despite an induced rise in prolactin concentrations in Group H ewes. It was concluded that factors other than prolactin initiate the periparturient rise but that prolactin is one factor which maintains the response once lactation commences.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Apr
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pubmed:issn |
0304-4017
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
35
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
295-305
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2003-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Estradiol,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Feces,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Lactation,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Ostertagia,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Ostertagiasis,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Parasite Egg Count,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Pregnancy,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Pregnancy Complications, Infectious,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Progesterone,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Prolactin,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Sheep,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Sheep Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:2353423-Trichostrongyloidiasis
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pubmed:year |
1990
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Teladorsagia circumcincta egg output at the onset of natural and induced lactation in ewes.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, U.K.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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