Relationship between Vaccine Application and Climate Factors in Sheep and Goat Farms in Greece.

ABSTRACT: The objectives of the present study were (a) to evaluate the importance of climate-related variables in the vaccination patterns applied in sheep and goat farms in Greece and (b) to assess potential interactions between these factors and previously established important health management- and human resources-related factors applied in the farms. Vaccination patterns against chlamydial abortion, clostridial infections, contagious agalactia, contagious ecthyma, foot-rot, paratuberculosis, pneumonia or staphylococcal mastitis were assessed. Climatic variables (2010-2019 and 2018-2019) were obtained for 444 locations with small ruminant farms throughout Greece. Patterns of vaccine administration in the farms were obtained through interviews with farmers. The following nine outcomes were consid

SUBMITTER: Katsarou EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10142817 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature