title: Enteric viral infections in lambs or kids.
abstract: Diarrhoea in lambs and kids is often a complex, multi-factorial syndrome. Common infectious causes of diarrhoea in lambs and kids during the first month of life are of bacterial or parasite nature. However, despite appreciable improvements in management practices and prevention and treatment strategies over the last decades, diarrhoea is still a common and costly syndrome affecting newborn small ruminants. Recent advances in the diagnostics and metagenomic investigations of the enteric environment have allowed discovering a number of novel viruses, although their pathobiological properties remain largely unknown. Assessing more in depth the impact of these viruses on the health and productions of these livestock animals is necessary and requires the development of accurate diagnostic tools and updating of the diagnostic algorithms of enteric pathological conditions.
authors: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Italy.
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authors: Martella
authors: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Italy.
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authors: Decaro
authors: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Italy,; Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Puglia and Basilicata, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: canio.buonavoglia@uniba.it.
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authors: Buonavoglia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D006041:Goats; D011247:Pregnancy; D012418:Ruminants / Q000821:virology*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D034561:Sheep, Domestic; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology
keywords: Diarrhoea; Enteritis; Goat; Kid; Lamb; Neonatal disease; Newborn; Sheep; Virus