This review discusses the most relevant aspects of nutritional, reproductive and health
management, the three pillars of flock efficiency, production and sustainability regarding the …

This review aims to describe the nutritional and non-nutritional factors that may affect
parturition and dystocia in sheep. Dystocia is associated with fetopelvic disproportion …

Simple Summary An association between increased metabolic demands and reduced dry
matter intake is observed from late gestation to early lactation in donkeys. Furthermore, little …

Background: Ovine pregnancy toxaemia (OPT) is a metabolic disorder of ewes in late
pregnancy. Cases are typically seen in ewes carrying multiple fetuses, hence the alternative …

Objectives were to evaluate characteristics of uterine involution in ewes with pregnancy
toxaemia during gestation and to study effects on subsequent reproductive performance …

Cesarean section is an important life-saving surgical procedure frequently performed by
small ruminant practitioners. Knowledge of normal parturition and indications for obstetrical …

The objective of this work was to determine the repercussion of the metabolic changes that
occur in induced subclinical pregnancy toxemia in single-or twin-bearing ewes on the …

Simple Summary The paper presents a field investigation into the death of ewes around the
peri-parturient (lambing) period. The problem is financially important because, in such …

Late-gestation ewes are susceptible to ketonemia resulting from high energy requirement for
fetal growth during the last few weeks of pregnancy. High lamb mortality is a possible …

Background Pregnancy toxemia is a common metabolic disease of periparturient small
ruminants. Information on its effects on metabolism and perinatal adaptation of newborn …