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Infectious Diseases in Small Ruminants – Updates on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Prevention

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Small Ruminants".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1414

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Pedro Pinczowski

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Guest Editor
Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Menangle, NSW 2568, Australia
Interests: anatomical pathology; livestock (terrestrial and aquatic) pathology; infectious diseases
Dr. Javier Asin

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California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: diseases of small ruminants, horses and lagomorphs

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Small ruminant production incorporates meat, wool and dairy industries, each of which have grown by approximately 2% per annum over the last decade. China dominates in sheep production, followed by Australia and India. With the global increase in sheep and goat production, there is a need for a deeper understanding of the diseases affecting these species, with insights into pathogenesis, early diagnosis and prevention being of utmost importance. Being able to diagnose and control diseases more readily can increase productivity overall, as well as enhance welfare in often-intensive production systems.

This Special Issue focuses on the diseases of small ruminants, and in particular on pathogenesis, pathology, diagnosis and prevention in this context. We welcome articles fostering a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of natural and experimental infections in small ruminants, as well as those providing updates on novel methods of diagnosis, prevention and control, including vaccination.

Dr. Pedro Pinczowski
Dr. Javier Asin
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • sheep
  • goat
  • small ruminants
  • infectious diseases
  • PCR
  • IHC
  • histopathology
  • vaccines
  • loss of productivity
  • pathogenesis

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Modeling for Smart Vaccination against Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
by Yassir M. Eltahir, Wael Aburizq, Oum Keltoum Bensalah, Meera S. Mohamed, Aysha Al Shamisi, Ayman I. AbdElkader and Ahmad Al-Majali
Animals 2023, 13(20), 3248; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13203248 - 18 Oct 2023
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Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a contagious and economically important transboundary viral disease of small ruminants. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) national animal health plan aimed to control and eradicate PPR from the country by following the global PPR control and eradication [...] Read more.
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a contagious and economically important transboundary viral disease of small ruminants. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) national animal health plan aimed to control and eradicate PPR from the country by following the global PPR control and eradication strategy which adopts small ruminants’ mass vaccination to eradicate the disease from the globe by 2030. A smart vaccination approach, which is less expensive and has longer-term sustainable benefits, is needed to accelerate the eradication of PPR. In this study, a mathematical algorithm was developed based on animals’ identification and registration data, belonging to the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), and other different parameters related to PPR risk occurrence. The latter included animal holding vaccination history, the number of animals per holding, forecasting of the number of animals and newborns per holding, the proximity of an animal holding to a PPR outbreak and the historical animal holding owner vaccination rejection attitude. The developed algorithm successfully prioritized animal holdings at risk of PPR infection within Abu Dhabi Emirate to be targeted by vaccination. This in turn facilitated the mobilization of field vaccination teams to target specific sheep and goat holdings to ensure the generation of immunity against the disease on a risk-based approach. The vaccination coverage of the targeted livestock population was increased to 86% and the vaccination rejection attitude was reduced by 35%. The duration of the vaccination campaign was reduced to 30 compared to 70 working days and hence can alleviate the depletion of human and logistic resources commonly used in classical mass vaccination campaigns. The results obtained from implementing the algorithm-based PPR vaccination campaign will reduce the negative impact of PPR on the UAE livestock sector and accelerate the achievement of the national PPR eradication plan requirements. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Infectious Diseases in Small Ruminants – Updates on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Prevention)
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