The effect of the subclinical small ruminant lentivirus infection of female goats on the growth of kids.

ABSTRACT: A longitudinal observational study was carried out to evaluate the influence of prenatal exposure to small ruminant lentivirus(SRLV)-infected does on the body weight (BWT) of young kids. The study was carried out in years 2001-2017 in the research dairy goat herd. Goats in the herd were regularly serologically tested and individuals showing clinical signs of caprine arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) were promptly culled. As a result all goats enrolled in the study were asymptomatic. Moreover, kids were weaned immediately after birth, fed on bovine colostrum and kept in strict separation from mothers to prevent SRLV lactogenic transmission. Kids were weighed immediately after birth, and then 1-3 times within the first 3 months of life. In total 620 goat kids were weighed at least once, excluding

SUBMITTER: Nalbert T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7092990 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature